Jeremiah 21:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A great pestilence - As the result of the excessive crowding of men and animals in a confined space with all sanitary regulations utterly neglected.
Jeremiah 21:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Outcome of the Siege (588 B.C.). Zedekiah, apparently at an early stage of the siege of Jerusalem (whilst Jeremiah 37:3-10 refers to a similar, but later, incident) sends envoys, Pashhur (not...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Jeremiah 21:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah goes on with the same discourse, even that God had resolved to destroy Jerusalem and the people, at least for a time. But he points out here what he intended to do, even that he would...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. They shall die of a great pestilence - The sword may appear to be that of man, though I have g...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. No JFB commentary on this verse.
Jeremiah 21:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Twelfth Prophecy (Reign of Zedekiah during the Siege). Zedekiah's Roll This chapter commences a new division of the book extending to the end of Jeremiah 24 . We pass from the time of...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They shall die of a great pestilence. — This was doubtless, as in other instances (Thuc. ii. 52), the natural consequence of the siege, but it came before the people as another proof that Jehovah h...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XI A BROKEN COVENANT Jeremiah 21:1-10 , Jeremiah 34:1-22 , Jeremiah 37:1-10 "All the princes and peoplechanged their minds and reduced to bondage again all the slaves whom they had s...
Jeremiah 21:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge whic...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Lord's answer by the Prophet is such as one might expect, most alarming and awful! Reader! how blessed is it to know the Lord, in order to a proper confidence in him. Sweet is that promise to thi...
Jeremiah 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city ,.... With one or other of his arrows after mentioned: or, "them that abide in this city" o; that do not go out of it, and surrender themselves to the k...
Jeremiah 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Ver. 6. They shall die of a great pestilence. ] See Jeremiah 16:4 ; Jeremiah 18:21 . Hipp...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I will turn back the weapons , &c. Instead of doing execution upon your enemies, they shall hurt yourselves, and be the occasion of your own destruction. God will as visibly appear again...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zedekiah's Message to Jeremiah. B. C. 590. 1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Still God proclaimeth himself this people's enemy. Pestilences are but the usual consequents of long sieges, through the scantness and unwholesomeness of food; but God is the first cause of such sore...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Zedekiah Appeals To Jeremiah As A Last Resort, Only To Learn That There Is No Hope Of Intervention By YHWH Whose Will Is Being Done ( Jeremiah 21:1-10 ). As we have seen these verses form an inclu...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. Vide Notes, and especially Personal Allusions to chap. 1. Usher dates the chapter B.C. 589; Hales...
Jeremiah 21:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:1 . Pashur the son of Melchiah, a different person from the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer. Jeremiah 21:8 . I set before you the way of life, and the wa...
Jeremiah 21:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

They shall die of a great pestilence. Pestilence In a romance, “The End of an Epoch,” by A. Lincoln Green, the hero, Adam Godwin, makes the acquaintance of a German professor, bearing the omino...
Jeremiah 21:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortu...
Jeremiah 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Zedekiah's Question and its Answer
Jeremiah 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 12:16 ; Ezekiel 14:13 ; Ezekiel 14:17 ; Ezekiel 14:19 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Ezekiel 33:27 ; Ezekiel 33:29 ; Ezekiel 5:12 ; Ezekiel 5:13 ; Ezekiel 7:15 ; Genesis 6:7 ; Hosea 4:3 ; Isa...

Jeremiah 21:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 21:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 21:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 21:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 21:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 21:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge