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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 21

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Chapter 21 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ The word1 that occurred to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when King Zed·e·kiʹah[a]2 sent to him Pashʹhur3 the son of Mal·chiʹah and Zeph·a·niʹah4 the son of Ma·a·seiʹah, the priest, saying:
  2. “Please inquire in our behalf of Jehovah,5 because Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon is making war against us.6 Perhaps Jehovah will do with us according to all his wonderful works, so that he will withdraw from us.”7
  3. ¶ And Jeremiah proceeded to say to them: “This is what YOU will say to Zed·e·kiʹah,
  4. ‘This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said: “Here I am turning in reverse the weapons of war that are in the hand of YOU people, with which YOU are fighting the king of Babylon,8 and the Chal·deʹans9 who are laying siege against YOU outside the wall, and I will gather them into the middle of this city.10
  5. And I myself will fight against YOU11 with a stretched-out hand and with a strong arm and with anger and with rage and with great indignation.12
  6. And I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man[b] and beast. With a great pestilence they will die.”’13
  7. ¶ “‘“And after that,” is the utterance of Jehovah, “I shall give Zed·e·kiʹah the king of Judah and his servants and the people and those who are remaining over in this city from the pestilence, from the sword and from the famine, into the hand of Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon, even into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who are seeking for their soul, and he will certainly strike them with the edge[c] of the sword.14 He will not feel sorry for them, nor will he show compassion or have any mercy.”’15
  8. ¶ “And to this people you will say, ‘This is what Jehovah has said: “Here I am putting before YOU people the way of life and the way of death.16
  9. The one sitting still in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence;17 but the one who is going out and who actually falls away[d] to the Chal·deʹans who are laying siege against YOU will keep living, and his soul will certainly come to be his as a spoil.”’18
  10. ¶ “‘“For I have set my face against this city for calamity and not for good,”19 is the utterance of Jehovah. “Into the hand of the king of Babylon it will be given,20 and he will certainly burn it with fire.”21
  11. ¶ “‘And as regards the household of the king of Judah, hear, O men, the word of Jehovah.22
  12. O house of David,23 this is what Jehovah has said: “Every morning24 render sentence in justice,25 and deliver the one being robbed out of the hand of the defrauder,26 that my rage may not go forth just like a fire27 and actually burn and there be no one to extinguish it because of the badness of YOUR dealings.”’28
  13. ¶ “‘Here I am against you, O inhabitress of the low plain,29 O rock of the level land,’ is the utterance of Jehovah. ‘As for YOU who are saying: “Who will descend against us? And who will come into our dwellings?”30
  14. I will also hold an accounting against YOU31 according to the fruitage of YOUR dealings,’32 is the utterance of Jehovah. ‘And I will set a fire ablaze in her forest,33 and it will certainly devour all the things round about her.’”34

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ See 1:3 ftn.
  2. ^ Or, “the earthling man.” Heb., ha·ʼa·dhamʹ.
  3. ^ Lit., “mouth.”
  4. ^ Or, “actually deserts.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Eze 33:30
  2. ^ 2Ki 24:18; 1Ch 3:15; 2Ch 36:10
  3. ^ 1Ch 9:12; Je 38:1
  4. ^ 2Ki 25:18; Je 29:25; 37:3; 52:24
  5. ^ Jg 20:27; 2Ki 22:13
  6. ^ 2Ki 25:1; Je 32:28; 39:1
  7. ^ 1Sa 7:10; 2Ch 14:11; Ps 44:1; 105:5; Is 37:37
  8. ^ Je 32:5; 33:5
  9. ^ Ezr 5:12
  10. ^ Is 13:4; Eze 16:37
  11. ^ Is 63:10; La 2:5
  12. ^ Is 5:25; Je 32:17
  13. ^ De 28:22; Je 32:24; Eze 7:15
  14. ^ 2Ki 25:6; 2Ch 36:17; Je 37:17; 39:5; 52:9; Eze 17:20
  15. ^ De 28:50; 2Ch 36:17; Is 47:6
  16. ^ De 30:19; Is 1:19
  17. ^ Je 27:13; 38:2; Eze 7:15
  18. ^ Je 38:17; 39:18; 45:5
  19. ^ Le 26:17; Ps 34:16; Je 44:11; Eze 15:7; Am 9:4; 1Pe 3:12
  20. ^ Je 38:3
  21. ^ 2Ch 36:19; Je 17:27; 34:2; 37:10; 39:8; 52:13
  22. ^ Je 17:20
  23. ^ Is 7:2; Lu 1:69
  24. ^ Ps 101:8
  25. ^ 2Sa 8:15; Is 1:17; Je 7:5; 22:3; Zc 7:9
  26. ^ Ps 72:4; Pr 14:31; Eze 22:29; Mc 2:2
  27. ^ De 32:22; Je 4:4; Na 1:6; Zp 1:18
  28. ^ Is 1:31; Je 7:20
  29. ^ Je 51:25; Eze 13:8
  30. ^ 2Sa 5:6; Je 49:4; La 4:12; Ob 3
  31. ^ Je 5:9; 9:9
  32. ^ Pr 1:31; Is 3:11; Ga 6:7
  33. ^ Is 10:18
  34. ^ 2Ch 36:19; Je 52:13

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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