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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 21:9 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 21:9 |
Strong Concordance |
He that abideth [03427] in this city [05892] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], and by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: but he that goeth out [03318], and falleth [05307] to the Chaldeans [03778] that besiege [06696] you, he shall live [02421] [02421], and his life [05315] shall be unto him for a prey [07998]. |
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King James |
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Jer 38:2, Jer 38:17-18).
falleth to--deserts to.
life . . . a prey--proverbial, to make one's escape with life, like a valuable spoil or prey that one carries off; the narrowness of the escape, and the joy felt at it, are included in the idea (Jer 39:18). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
He that ... falleth to the Chaldeans - This was to counsel desertion, and would have been treason in an ordinary man: but the prophets Spoke with an authority above that even of the king, and constantly interfered in political matters with summary decisiveness. Compare Mat 24:16-18.
A prey - Something not a man's own, upon which he seizes in the midst of danger, and hurries away with it. So must the Jews hurry away with their lives as something more than they had a right to, and place them in the Chaldaean camp as in a place of safety. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| His life - This is a proverbial expression, signifying a man's possession of his life as a prey, or booty recovered from the enemy. |
18 For I will surely [04422] deliver [04422] thee, and thou shalt not fall [05307] by the sword [02719], but thy life [05315] shall be for a prey [07998] unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust [0982] in me, saith [05002] the LORD [03068].
17 Then said [0559] Jeremiah [03414] unto Zedekiah [06667], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], the God [0430] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; If thou wilt assuredly [03318] go forth [03318] unto the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then thy soul [05315] shall live [02421], and this city [05892] shall not be burned [08313] with fire [0784]; and thou shalt live [02421], and thine house [01004]:
18 But if thou wilt not go forth [03318] to the king [04428] of Babylon's [0894] princes [08269], then shall this city [05892] be given [05414] into the hand [03027] of the Chaldeans [03778], and they shall burn [08313] it with fire [0784], and thou shalt not escape out [04422] of their hand [03027].
2 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], He that remaineth [03427] in this city [05892] shall die [04191] by the sword [02719], by the famine [07458], and by the pestilence [01698]: but he that goeth forth [03318] to the Chaldeans [03778] shall live [02421]; for he shall have his life [05315] for a prey [07998], and shall live [02421] [02425].
16 Then [5119] let them which be in [1722] Judaea [2449] flee [5343] into [1909] the mountains [3735]:
17 Let him which is on [1909] the housetop [1430] not [3361] come down [2597] to take [142] any thing [5100] out of [1537] his [846] house [3614]:
18 [2532] Neither [3361] let him which is in [1722] the field [68] return [1994] back [3694] to take [142] his [846] clothes [2440].