Jeremiah 9:21
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Jeremiah 9:21 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”
King James Version · Public Domain“For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 9:21 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
- Jeremiah 6:11But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
- Jeremiah 7:33The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.
- Jeremiah 8:2They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
- Jeremiah 15:7I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
- Ezekiel 9:5And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
- Ezekiel 21:14‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
- Amos 5:2“Fallen is Virgin Israel, never to rise again. She lies abandoned on her land, with no one to raise her up.”
- Amos 6:10And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”
- Zephaniah 1:17I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.
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