Jeremiah 21:14

14 I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forests that will consume everything around you.’ ”

Jeremiah 21:14 in Other Translations

KJV
14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.
ESV
14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds, declares the LORD; I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."
NLT
14 And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness, says the LORD . I will light a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you.’”
MSG
14 Well, I can - and will! I'll punish your evil regime. I'll start a fire that will rage unchecked, burn everything in sight to cinders.'"
CSB
14 I will punish you according to what you have done- [this is]*The bracketed text has been added for clarity. the Lord's declaration. I will kindle a fire in its forest that will consume everything around it.' "

Jeremiah 21:14 In-Context

12 This is what the LORD says to you, house of David: “ ‘Administer justice every morning; rescue from the hand of the oppressor the one who has been robbed, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done— burn with no one to quench it.
13 I am against you, Jerusalem, you who live above this valley on the rocky plateau, declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our refuge?”
14 I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forests that will consume everything around you.’ ”

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Proverbs 1:31; S Isaiah 3:10-11; S Jeremiah 17:10
  • 2. S 2 Chronicles 36:19; Jeremiah 52:13; Lamentations 2:3
  • 3. S 2 Kings 19:23; Ezekiel 20:47
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