Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 21:6
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I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
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And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
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And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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Jeremiah 21
4 this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
5 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
6 I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
7 ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
8 Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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