Jeremiah 21:6 meaning and explanation
I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
Jeremiah 21:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah is answering the envoys King Zedekiah sent to ask him to pray for deliverance from Babylon's siege, and the answer reverses their hope. God says he himself will fight against Jerusalem, and verse 6 names one of the three disasters repeated through this chapter: sword, famine and plague.
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