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Jeremiah 34:21 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 21. 21And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which are gone up from you.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and…” at Jeremiah 34:21 as part of “Covenant-Cutting Imagery Turns against the Violators.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 34:17–22
Read Jeremiah 34:21 with 34:17–22. By itself, “And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Those passing between calf pieces face a grim release to sword, disease, and famine, while Babylon's temporarily withdrawn army will return.
Why It Needs Context
Jeremiah 34:21 performs a local role inside “Covenant-Cutting Imagery Turns against the Violators.” The prophetic word through Jeremiah carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies, and…” at Jeremiah 34:21 as part of “Covenant-Cutting Imagery Turns against the Violators.” The selected verse alone does not carry the full claim.
Continue in Context
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Read Jeremiah 34:17–22 — Covenant-Cutting Imagery Turns against the ViolatorsSources 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 34:17–22, 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 34:17–22
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