Jeremiah 21:10

Old Testament • 14 words with Strong's data

"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."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For I have

שׂוּם

sûwm

H7760

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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my

פָּנִים

pânîym

H6440

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...

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קִרְאָה

qirʼâh

H7125

an encountering, accidental, friendly or hostile (also adverbially, opposite)

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this

עִיר

ʻîyr

H5892

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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for

רַע

raʻ

H7451

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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and not for

טוֹב

ṭôwb

H2896

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...

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אָמַר

ʼâmar

H559

to say (used with great latitude)

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the

יְהֹוָה

Yᵉhôvâh

H3068

Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

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it shall be

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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into the

יָד

yâd

H3027

a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

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of the

מֶלֶךְ

melek

H4428

a king

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of

בָּבֶל

Bâbel

H894

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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and he shall

שָׂרַף

sâraph

H8313

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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it with

אֵשׁ

ʼêsh

H784

fire (literally or figuratively)

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Key Terms in This Verse

burn H8313

שָׂרַף sâraph

to be (causatively, set) on fire

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Babylon H894

בָּבֶל Bâbel

Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire

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face H6440

פָּנִים pânîym

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

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given H5414

נָתַן nâthan

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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fire H784

אֵשׁ ʼêsh

fire (literally or figuratively)

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evil H7451

רַע raʻ

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

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set H7760

שׂוּם sûwm

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

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good H2896

טוֹב ṭôwb

good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...

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city H5892

עִיר ʻîyr

a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)

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saith H559

אָמַר ʼâmar

to say (used with great latitude)

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Cross References

Jeremiah 44:11 cross-reference

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and to cut off all Judah.

Jeremiah 44:27 cross-reference

Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by the famine, until there be an end of them.

Amos 9:4 cross-reference

And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

Jeremiah 52:13 cross-reference

And burned the house of the LORD, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, and all the houses of the great men, burned he with fire:

Ezekiel 15:7 cross-reference

And I will set my face against them; they shall go out from one fire, and another fire shall devour them; and ye shall know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

2 Chronicles 36:19 cross-reference

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

Jeremiah 39:8 cross-reference

And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 34:2 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn...

Jeremiah 38:18 cross-reference

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their h...

Jeremiah 38:3 cross-reference

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

Jeremiah 38:23 cross-reference

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this c...

Leviticus 26:17 cross-reference

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

Leviticus 17:10 cross-reference

And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will c...

Psalm 34:16 cross-reference

The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Jeremiah 26:6 cross-reference

Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.

Jeremiah 17:27 cross-reference

But if ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, a...

Zechariah 1:6 cross-reference

But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us, according...

Jeremiah 34:22 cross-reference

Behold, I will command, saith the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation wit...

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