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Jeremiah 27:13 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 27 · verse 13
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?Jeremiah 27:13 · King James Version
Jeremiah 27:13 in context
11But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the LORD; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.
12I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
13Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
14Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
15For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pestilencedebera pestilenceH1698 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- faminerâʻâbhungerH7458 →
- spokendâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- nationgôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- swordcherebdroughtH2719 →
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What was said to all the nations is here with a particular tenderness applied to the nation of the Jews, for whom Jeremiah was sensibly concerned. The case at present stood thus: Judah and Jerusalem had often contested with the king of Babylon, and still were worsted;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-22