Jeremiah 21:4 - The Scriptures 1998

⁴ ‘Thus said יהוה  Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back and dull the edge of the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls; and I will bring them into the midst of this city [Jerusalem].

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans that besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

Common English Bible

⁴ The LORD, the God of Israel, says: I’m going to turn your own weapons against you, yes, the weapons you are using to fight the king of Babylon and the Babylonians who have surrounded you! I will round them up in the center of the city.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, who besiege you at the surrounding walls. And I will gather these things together in the midst of this city.

Jeremiah 21:4 Cross References

Isaiah 10:4

“Without Me they shall bow down among the prisoners, and fall among the slain.” With all this His displeasure has not turned back, and His hand is still stretched out.

Isaiah 13:4

The noise of an uproar in the mountains, like that of many people! A noise of uproar of the reigns of gentiles gathered together! יהוה  of hosts is gathering an army for battle.

Isaiah 5:5

“And now, please let Me inform you what I am doing to My vineyard: To take away its hedge and it shall be burned; to break down its wall and it shall be trampled down;

Jeremiah 20:4

“For thus said יהוה, ‘See, I am making you a fear to yourself and to all your friends. And they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, while your eyes see it. And I shall give all Yehuḏ

Jeremiah 21:3

But Yirmeyahu said to them, “Say this to Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 32:24

‘See the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it. And the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and the scarcity of food and the pestilence. And what You have spoken has come about, and look, You see it!

Jeremiah 32:3

For Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 32:5

and he shall lead Tsiḏ

Jeremiah 33:5

while coming to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill their places with the corpses of men whom I shall slay in My displeasure and My wrath, all for whose evil I have hidden My face from this city.

Jeremiah 35:17

“Therefore thus said יהוה  Elohim of hosts, the Elohim of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 39:3

And all the heads of the sovereign of Baḇ

Jeremiah 52:18

They also took away the pots, and the shovels, and the snuffers, and the bowls, and the ladles, and all the bronze utensils with which they served,

Lamentations 2:3

In the heat of displeasure He has cut off every horn of Yisra’ĕ

Lamentations 2:5

יהוה  has been like an enemy. He has swallowed up Yisra’ĕ

Lamentations 2:7

יהוה  has cast off His altar, He has rejected His set-apart place, He has delivered the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the House of יהוה  As on the day of an appointed time.

Ezekiel 39:3

and shall smite the bow out of your left hand, and make the arrows fall from your right hand.

Hosea 9:12

“Though they bring up their children, I shall make them childless, without man. For it is woe to them when I turn away from them!

Zechariah 14:2

And I shall gather all the gentiles to battle against Yerushalayim. And the city shall be taken, the houses plundered, and the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into exile, but the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.

Matthew 22:7

“But when the sovereign heard, he was wroth, and sent out his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and set their city on fire.