Jeremiah 21:6 “I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. The…”

Jeremiah 21:6

I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

World English Bible

I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.

American Standard Version

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Geneva Bible 1599

And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie, both man, and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Darby Translation

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

Young's Literal Translation

And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.

Bible in Basic English

And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.

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Cross references

“I will”

Jeremiah 33:12 Isaiah 6:11 Ezekiel 14:13 Ezekiel 14:17 Ezekiel 14:19 Ezekiel 14:21

Jeremiah 33:12 · BSB

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

Ezekiel 14:13 · BSB

“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:17 · BSB

Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:19 · BSB

Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,

Ezekiel 14:21 · BSB

For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?

“they”

Jeremiah 32:24 Jeremiah 34:17 Jeremiah 42:22 Ezekiel 7:15 Ezekiel 12:16 Ezekiel 5:12

Jeremiah 32:24 · BSB

See how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happen…

Jeremiah 34:17 · BSB

Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword,…

Jeremiah 42:22 · BSB

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

Ezekiel 7:15 · BSB

The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.

Ezekiel 12:16 · BSB

But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”

Ezekiel 5:12 · BSB

A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

Also

Jeremiah 14:12

Jeremiah 14:12 · BSB

Although they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.

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.’

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