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Jeremiah 21:10 Explained in Context
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Verse 10. 10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 21:10 in “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 21:8–10
Read Jeremiah 21:10 after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 21:10 in “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.” Preserve this limit: This specific siege instruction is not a universal command to surrender to aggressors or a rule for people facing abuse.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The placement matters because Life is associated with surrender to Babylon while staying in the city leads to death, because the city will be handed over. Jeremiah 21:10 performs one particular part of that movement: The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 21:10 in “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.”
What Remains True
Within “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations,” Jeremiah 21:10 performs this role: The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 21:10 in “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.” The resulting enduring truth is Institutions and leaders are accountable for violence, deception, exploitation, and refusal of repair.
How It Can Shape Life
- Role in Jeremiah 21:10: The prophetic word through Jeremiah supplies a stated reason through “For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD” at Jeremiah 21:10 in “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.” Contextual meaning in Jeremiah 21:8–10: Life is associated with surrender to Babylon while staying in the city leads to death, because the city will be handed over. Its interpretive limit is: This specific siege instruction is not a universal command to surrender to aggressors or a rule for people facing abuse. Proportionate enduring truth: Institutions and leaders are accountable for violence, deception, exploitation, and refusal of repair. Application: Identify the wrong and affected people without treating disaster as proof of guilt or imitating judgment rhetoric.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: Jeremiah 21:8–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 21:8–10
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Exact location: Official NET Bible Jeremiah PDF, pp. 1258-1459, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Jeremiah 21:8–10
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