Jeremiah 21 · Verse 6

Jeremiah 21:6

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
Jeremiah 21:6, King James Version

Jeremiah 21:6 in other translations

BSBI will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’
WEBI will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.
ASVAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
YLTAnd I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die.
DARBYAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
BBEAnd I will send a great disease on the people living in this town, on man and on beast, causing their death.
WebsterAnd I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die by a great pestilence.

What does Jeremiah 21:6 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 They shall die of a great pestilence - The sword may appear to be that of man, though I have given the Chaldeans their commission; but the pestilence shall appear to be the immediate act of God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 21:1-10

The only way of deliverance is to be surrendering to the Babylonians. (Jr 21:1-10) The wickedness of the king and his household. (Jr 21:11-14) Verses 1-10 When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask of Jeremiah respecting the event. In times of distress and danger, men often seek those to counsel and pray for them, whom, at other times, they despise and oppose; but they only seek deliverance from punishment. When…

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Jeremiah 21:6 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִכֵּיתִ֗יve.hi.kei.Tiand I will strike downH5221
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֽוֹשְׁבֵי֙yo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
הָעִ֣ירha.'Irthe cityH5892
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאָדָ֖םha.'a.Damthe humankindH120
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַבְּהֵמָ֑הha.be.he.Mahthe animal[s]H929
בְּדֶ֥בֶרbe.De.verby a pestilenceH1698
גָּד֖וֹלga.DolgreatH1419
יָמֻֽתוּ\׃ya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 21:6

  • Ezekiel 14:19

    Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

  • Jeremiah 12:3-4

    But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter. How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.

  • Ezekiel 14:13

    Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:

  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • Jeremiah 33:12

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down.

  • Isaiah 6:11

    Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate,

  • Jeremiah 32:24

    Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what thou hast spoken is come to pass; and, behold, thou seest it.

  • Hosea 4:3

    Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

  • Ezekiel 14:21

    For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

  • Zephaniah 1:3

    I will consume man and beast; I will consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, and the stumblingblocks with the wicked; and I will cut off man from off the land, saith the Lord.

  • Ezekiel 5:12-13

    A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them. Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

  • Ezekiel 12:16

    But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will.
7:20; 12:3,4; 33:12; 36:29; Ge 6:7; Isa 6:11; 24:1-6; Eze 14:13,17
Eze 14:19,21; 33:27,29; Ho 4:3; Mic 3:12; Zep 1:3; Lu 21:24
they.
32:24; 34:17; 42:22; Eze 5:12,13; 7:15; 12:16

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Context

  • Jeremiah 21:5

    And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

  • Jeremiah 21:6

    And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

  • Jeremiah 21:7

    And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

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Jeremiah 21:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y heriré los moradores de esta ciudad; y los hombres y las bestias morirán de pestilencia grande.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et je frapperai les habitants de cette ville, et les hommes et les bêtes; ils mourront d’une grande peste.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ich werde die Bewohner dieser Stadt schlagen, sowohl Menschen als Vieh; an einer großen Pest sollen sie sterben.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et percutiam habitatores civitatis hujus: homines et bestiæ pestilentia magna morientur.