Jeremiah 21:11

11 "Then say to the household of the ¹king of Judah, 'Hear the word of the LORD,

Jeremiah 21:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 21:11

And touching the house of the king of Judah, [say]
Or "to the house of the king of Judah" ^F16; that is, his palace, as Calvin understands it; go to it, and there say as follows, as in ( Jeremiah 22:1 ) ; and some think that this part of the chapter belongs to that, and was not delivered at the time the former part of it was; but before the peremptory decree was gone forth, to deliver the city into the hand of the king of Babylon to be burned with fire; since, upon a reformation, some hope of pardon and salvation is yet given. The Syriac version joins this clause to ( Jeremiah 21:10 ) ; "and he shall burn it with fire, and the house of the king of Judah"; burn the city of Jerusalem, and particularly the king's palace; but by "the house of the king" is not meant his dwelling house, but his family, himself, his sons, his servants, his courtiers and nobles, to whom the following speech is directed: hear ye the word of the Lord;
and obey it; for not bare hearing is meant, but a reverent attention to, and a cheerful and ready performance of, what is heard.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Klm tybl) "domui regis", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 21:11 In-Context

9 "He who dwells in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty.

10 "For I have set My face against this city for harm and not for good," declares the LORD . "It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire."'

11 "Then say to the household of the king of Judah, 'Hear the word of the LORD ,

12 O house of David, thus says the LORD : "Administer justice every morning; And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power of his oppressor, That My wrath may not go forth like fire And burn with none to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds.

13 "Behold, I am against you, O valley dweller, O rocky plain," declares the LORD , "You men who say, 'Who will come down against us? Or who will enter into our habitations?'

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 17:20