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Jeremiah 21:10
New English Translation
Jeremiah 21:10
New English Translation
10 For I, the Lord, say that[a] I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it.[b] It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”[c]
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- Jeremiah 21:10 tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”
- Jeremiah 21:10 tn Heb “I have set my face against this city for evil [i.e., disaster] and not for good [i.e., well-being].” For the use of the idiom “set one’s face against/toward” see, e.g., 1 Kgs 2:15; 2 Kgs 2:17; Jer 42:15, 17, and note the interesting interplay of usage in Jer 44:11-12.
- Jeremiah 21:10 tn Heb “he will burn it with fire.”
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