Jeremiah 27:13

“Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?”

"Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?" - Jeremiah 27:13
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What does Jeremiah 27:13 mean?

Jeremiah 27:13 (KJV) states, "Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?" This verse is part of a larger passage in which the prophet Jeremiah is…

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The Weight of Disobedience: A Call to Healing and Restoration

Jeremiah 27:13 poses a poignant challenge to not just the people of Judah in ancient times, but to every individual today who grapples with the consequences of disobedience to God's will. In the King James Version (KJV), the verse reads: "Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by…

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A Prayer of Deliverance from Despair

O Sovereign Lord, Creator of the heavens and the earth, we come before You in humble reverence and deep reflection upon Your word as recorded in Jeremiah 27:13, "Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken…

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Jeremiah 27:13 - "Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?"
Jeremiah 13:27 - "I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be?"
Jeremiah 36:27 - "¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 29:27 - "Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which maketh himself a prophet to you?"
Jeremiah 27:1 - "In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 22:27 - "But to the land whereunto they desire to return, thither shall they not return."
Jeremiah 38:13 - "So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison."
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Jeremiah 29:11-13
Jeremiah 13:23
Luke 13:28-27
Luke 13:28-27
Psalm 27:13-14
Luke 13:28-27
Jeremiah 49:27 - "And I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Ben-hadad."
Jeremiah 38:27 - "Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived."
Jeremiah 38:1–13
Jeremiah 46:13 - "¶ The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt."
Jeremiah 5:27 - "As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."
Jeremiah 27:17 - "Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?"
Jeremiah 32:27 - "Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh: is there any thing too hard for me?"
Jeremiah 4:27 - "For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end."
Jeremiah 27:2 - "Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,"
Exodus 27:13 - "And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits."
1 Chronicles 12:13 - "Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh."
"¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying," - Jeremiah 36:27
Jeremiah 6:27 - "I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among my people, that thou mayest know and try their way."