Jeremiah 21:6
“And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.”
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Jeremiah 21:6 Context
4Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turne backe the weapons of warre that are in your hands, wherewith yee fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Caldeans, which besiege you without the walles, and I will assemble them into the middest of this citie. 5And I myselfe will fight against you with an out stretched hand, and with a strong arme, euen in anger, and in furie, and in great wrath. 6And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliuer Zedekiah king of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seeke their life, and and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: hee shall not spare them, neither haue pitie, nor haue mercy. 8¶ And vnto this people thou shalt say; Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
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And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- King James Version
"I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.
- Basic English Bible
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- Darby Bible
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die by a great pestilence.
- Webster's Bible
I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
- World English Bible
And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible