Jeremiah 21:14 meaning and explanation
I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.’”
Jeremiah 21:14, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah 21:14 closes the oracle to the house of David, spoken through the prophet while Babylon besieged Jerusalem under King Zedekiah. The royal family trusted its elevated position on the rocky plateau and its palace buildings, pictured here as a forest, perhaps the "house of the forest of Lebanon" mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament.
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