Jeremiah 21:5

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“And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.”

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BSBPD

“And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I--I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 21:5 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.
  2. Exodus 9:15For by this time I could have stretched out My hand and struck you and your people with a plague to wipe you off the earth.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:23Be careful that you do not forget the covenant of the LORD your God that He made with you; do not make an idol for yourselves in the form of anything He has forbidden you.
  4. Deuteronomy 4:34Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
  5. Isaiah 5:25Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lay like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  6. Isaiah 9:12Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  7. Isaiah 9:17Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  8. Isaiah 9:21Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  9. Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  10. Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.
  11. Jeremiah 6:12Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
  12. Jeremiah 32:17“Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You!
  13. Jeremiah 32:37I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
  14. Lamentations 2:4He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.
  15. Ezekiel 20:33As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, with a strong hand, an outstretched arm, and outpoured wrath I will rule over you.
  16. Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

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