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You have made me furious!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I Myself will make war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, and in anger, wrath, and great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And I Myself shall war against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I Myself will war against you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm in anger, in fury, and in great indignation <i>and</i> wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a strong arm, with anger, fury, and intense wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, rage, and great wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will fight you in anger, fury, and rage with my powerful hand and my mighty arm.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Because of my anger, wrath, and great fury, I'll fight against you myself with an outstretched hand and a strong arm. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an out-stretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have fought against you, "" With an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, "" And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I -- I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I warred with you with a hand stretched out and with an arm of strength, and in anger and in heat and in great wrath.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I myself will make war against you: with an outstretched hand, and with a strong arm, and in fury, and in indignation, and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />and I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, wrath, and great rage!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, in fury, and in great wrath.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm, even in anger and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall fight with you by a mighty hand and by an arm raised in passion, and in rage, and in great anger<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, with wrath and great anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=6089" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/21.htm">Jerusalem will Fall to Babylon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">And I Myself</a> <a href="/hebrew/3898.htm" title="3898: wə·nil·ḥam·tî (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To feed on, to consume, to battle. A primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle.">will fight</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’it·tə·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nə·ṭū·yāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">with an outstretched</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yāḏ (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/2389.htm" title="2389: ḥă·zā·qāh (Adj-fs) -- Strong, stout, mighty. From chazaq; strong.">and a mighty</a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: ū·ḇiz·rō·w·a‘ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">arm,</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: ū·ḇə·’ap̄ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">with anger,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ū·ḇə·ḥê·māh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">fury,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gā·ḏō·wl (Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">and great</a> <a href="/hebrew/7110.htm" title="7110: ū·ḇə·qe·ṣep̄ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-ms) -- A splinter, rage, strife. From qatsaph; a splinter; figuratively, rage or strife.">wrath.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/6-1.htm">Exodus 6:1</a></span><br />But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh, for because of My mighty hand he will let the people go; because of My strong hand he will drive them out of his land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4</a></span><br />He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-8.htm">Ezekiel 5:8</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Deuteronomy 32:41-42</a></span><br />when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me. / I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a></span><br />Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-2.htm">Nahum 1:2</a></span><br />The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/22-13.htm">2 Kings 22:13</a></span><br />“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-25.htm">Isaiah 5:25</a></span><br />Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/20-33.htm">Ezekiel 20:33-34</a></span><br />As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you. / With a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will bring you out from the peoples and gather you from the lands to which you have been scattered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16-17</a></span><br />But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-49.htm">Psalm 78:49-50</a></span><br />He unleashed His fury against them, wrath, indignation, and calamity—a band of destroying angels. / He cleared a path for His anger; He did not spare them from death but delivered their lives to the plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a></span><br />Woe to Assyria, the rod of My anger; the staff in their hands is My wrath. / I will send him against a godless nation; I will dispatch him against a people destined for My rage, to take spoils and seize plunder, and to trample them down like clay in the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-30.htm">Hebrews 10:30-31</a></span><br />For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” / It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.</p><p class="hdg">I.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></b></br> But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, <i>and</i> he fought against them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4,5</a></b></br> He hath bent his bow like an enemy: he stood with his right hand as an adversary, and slew all <i>that were</i> pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion: he poured out his fury like fire… </p><p class="hdg">with an.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a></b></br> Ah Lord GOD! behold, thou hast made the heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out arm, <i>and</i> there is nothing too hard for thee:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a></b></br> Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I <i>am</i> the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-15.htm">Exodus 9:15</a></b></br> For now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite thee and thy people with pestilence; and thou shalt be cut off from the earth.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/18-23.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Fought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-11.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/31-5.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Out-Stretched</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-12.htm">Stretched-Out</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm">War</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-20.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-20.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-6.htm">Angry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-37.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-5.htm">Fight</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-5.htm">Fighting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/34-1.htm">Fought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-37.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-32.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/27-5.htm">Out-Stretched</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-21.htm">Stretched-Out</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-11.htm">Strong</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm">War</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-1.htm">Zedikiah sends to Jeremiah to enquire the event of Nebuchadnezzar's war.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-3.htm">Jeremiah foretells a hard siege and miserable captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-8.htm">He counsels the people to fall to the Chaldeans;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-11.htm">and upbraids the King's house.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And I Myself will fight against you</b><br>This phrase indicates a direct intervention by God against the people of Judah. Historically, this is a significant moment as it marks a shift from God being the protector of Israel to becoming their adversary due to their persistent disobedience and idolatry. This is reminiscent of other instances in the Old Testament where God opposes His people when they turn away from Him, such as in the wilderness wanderings (<a href="/numbers/14-34.htm">Numbers 14:34</a>). Theologically, it underscores the seriousness of covenant unfaithfulness and the consequences that follow.<p><b>with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm</b><br>The imagery of an "outstretched hand and a mighty arm" is often used in the Bible to describe God's power and might, particularly in delivering His people, as seen in the Exodus narrative (<a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a>). Here, however, it is used in the context of judgment rather than deliverance. This reversal highlights the severity of Judah's sin and the extent of God's righteous anger. It also serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and ability to execute judgment.<p><b>with anger, fury, and great wrath</b><br>These terms collectively emphasize the intensity of God's response to Judah's rebellion. "Anger, fury, and great wrath" are expressions of God's holiness and justice in the face of sin. This triad of terms is used elsewhere in Scripture to describe God's judgment, such as in <a href="/deuteronomy/29-28.htm">Deuteronomy 29:28</a> and <a href="/ezekiel/5-15.htm">Ezekiel 5:15</a>. The repetition and escalation of these terms serve to communicate the depth of God's displeasure and the seriousness of the impending judgment. This passage foreshadows the eventual destruction of Jerusalem and the Babylonian exile, which were direct consequences of the nation's persistent sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings, including Zedekiah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zedekiah.htm">Zedekiah</a></b><br>The last king of Judah, during whose reign Jerusalem was besieged by the Babylonians. He sought Jeremiah's counsel in a time of crisis.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent destruction due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_siege.htm">Babylonian Siege</a></b><br>The historical event where the Babylonian army, led by King Nebuchadnezzar, besieged Jerusalem, leading to its eventual fall and the exile of its people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The divine response to Judah's unfaithfulness, characterized by God's active opposition to His own people due to their sin.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God is not only a God of love and mercy but also of justice and righteousness. His sovereignty extends to executing judgment when His people persist in sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Persistent disobedience and idolatry lead to severe consequences. Judah's experience serves as a warning to remain faithful to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_dual_nature_of_god's_power.htm">The Dual Nature of God's Power</a></b><br>The same power that delivers can also judge. God's "outstretched hand" is a symbol of both salvation and judgment, depending on the response of His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>In times of impending judgment, the call to repentance is urgent. God's warnings through prophets like Jeremiah are opportunities for His people to turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_wrath.htm">Understanding God's Wrath</a></b><br>God's wrath is not arbitrary but is a response to sin and rebellion. It is an aspect of His holiness and justice, meant to bring about correction and restoration.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_21.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 21</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5–6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_fight_his_people_in_jer_21_4-7.htm">Why does Jeremiah 21:4-7 depict God actively fighting against His own people, contradicting the notion of a loving deity?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_god's_wrath_reconciled_with_love.htm">Psalm 21:8-10: How can the depiction of God's fiery wrath be reconciled with other scriptures portraying God as loving and merciful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_5_11-12's_punishment.htm">In Ezekiel 5:11-12, how can we reconcile the promised devastating punishment (famine, sword, and scattering) with accounts from other biblical or secular sources?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And I Myself</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִי֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will fight</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִלְחַמְתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nil·ḥam·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3898.htm">Strong's 3898: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feed on, to consume, to battle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you</span><br /><span class="heb">אִתְּכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’it·tə·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_854.htm">Strong's 854: </a> </span><span class="str2">Nearness, near, with, by, at, among</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with an outstretched</span><br /><span class="heb">נְטוּיָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ṭū·yāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hand</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּיָ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(bə·yāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and a mighty</span><br /><span class="heb">חֲזָקָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ḥă·zā·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2389.htm">Strong's 2389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strong, stout, mighty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">arm,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiz·rō·w·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> </span><span class="str2">The arm, the foreleg, force</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with anger,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְאַ֥ף</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·’ap̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fury,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְחֵמָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḥê·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and great</span><br /><span class="heb">גָּדֽוֹל׃</span> <span class="translit">(gā·ḏō·wl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> </span><span class="str2">Great, older, insolent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wrath.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְקֶ֥צֶף</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·qe·ṣep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7110.htm">Strong's 7110: </a> </span><span class="str2">A splinter, rage, strife</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 21:5 I myself will fight against you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 21:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 21:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 21:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 21:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>