Jeremiah 21:10

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

Jeremiah 21:10 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 21:10

For I have set my face against this city
Or "my fury", as the Targum; their sins had provoked the eyes of his glory; he was wroth with them, and determined to cut them off; his mind was set against them, and upon their ruin; and there was no turning him from it: for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord;
to bring the evil of punishment upon them for the evil of their sins, and not do any good unto them, they were so ill deserving of: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon;
come under his power and dominion, by the will of the Lord; for it was he that gave it into his hands, because of the sins of the inhabitants of it: and he shall burn it with fire;
as he did, both the house of the Lord in it, the temple, the king's house or palace, the stately houses of the princes and nobles, and even the houses of all the people; see ( Jeremiah 52:13 ) .

Jeremiah 21:10 In-Context

8 "And unto this people thou shalt say, `Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence; but he that goeth out and falleth to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him as a prey.

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

11 "And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, `Hear ye the word of the LORD,

12 O house of David. Thus saith the LORD: "`Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is despoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire and burn, that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.