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Jeremiah 21:9 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 9. 9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the…” at Jeremiah 21:9 as a specific part of “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 21:8–10
Read Jeremiah 21:9 with 21:8–10. By itself, “He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Life is associated with surrender to Babylon while staying in the city leads to death, because the city will be handed over.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Jeremiah 21:8–10, not an independent maxim. The prophetic word through Jeremiah states or reports “He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the…” at Jeremiah 21:9 as a specific part of “Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse Expectations.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 21:8–10 — Two Ways in a Besieged City Reverse ExpectationsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 21:8–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 21:8–10
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