Jeremiah 21:4
'Yahweh, God of Israel, says this: See, I am about to turn back the instruments of war that are in your hand, with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are closing you in from outside the walls! For I will gather them in the middle of this city.This verse in the real world
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- צוּרtsûwrto cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hos
- כַּשְׂדִּיKasdîya Kasdite, or descendant of Kesed; by implication, a Chaldaean (as if so descended); also
- חוֹמָהchôwmâha wall of protection
- חוּץchûwtsproperly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
- סָבַבçâbabto revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
- לָחַםlâchamto feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
- אָסַףʼâçaphto gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behin
- בָּבֶלBâbelBabel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 13:4, Jer 33:5, Jer 37:8–10, Isa 5:5, Jer 32:5, Jer 38:17–18, Zec 14:2, Jer 38:2–3