Jeremiah 21:8

Geneva Bible (1560)

And vnto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lorde, Beholde, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 30:15 : 15 Beholde, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euill,
  • Deut 30:19 : 19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you, that I haue set before you life & death, blessing and cursing. therefore chuse life, that both thou and thy seede may liue,
  • Isa 1:19-20 : 19 If ye consent and obey, ye shall eate the good things of the land. 20 But if ye refuse and be rebellious, ye shalbe deuoured with the sword: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
  • Deut 11:26 : 26 Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

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  • Jer 21:9-11
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    9 He that abideth in this citie, shall dye by the sword and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege you, he shall liue, and his life shalbe vnto him for a pray.

    10 For I haue set my face against this citie, for euill and not for good, saith the Lorde: it shalbe giuen into the hande of the King of Babel, and he shall burne it with fire.

    11 And say vnto the house of the King of Iudah, Heare ye the worde of the Lorde.

  • Jer 15:2
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    2 And if they say vnto thee, Whither shal we depart? Then tell them, Thus saith the Lord, Such as are appointed to death, vnto death: and such as are for the sworde, to the sworde: and such as are for the famine, to the famine: and such as are for the captiuitie, to the captiuitie.

  • Jer 8:3-4
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    3 And death shall bee desired rather then life of all the residue that remaineth of this wicked familie, which remaine in all the places where I haue scattered them, sayeth the Lorde of hostes.

    4 Thou shalt say vnto them also, Thus sayeth the Lorde, Shall they fall and not arise? shall he turne away and not turne againe?

  • Jer 27:12-13
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    12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Iudah according to all these wordes, saying, Put your neckes vnder the yoke of the King of Babel, and serue him and his people, that ye may liue.

    13 Why will ye dye, thou, and thy people by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lorde hath spoken against the nation, that will not serue the King of Babel?

  • Jer 38:2
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    2 Thus sayth the Lord, He that remaineth in this citie, shall dye by the sworde, by the famine and by the pestilence: but hee that goeth foorth to the Caldeans, shall liue: for he shall haue his life for a praye, and shall liue.

  • Jer 21:6-7
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    6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie, both man, and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

    7 And after this, sayeth the Lorde, I will deliuer Zedekiah the King of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie, from the pestilence, from the sworde and from the famine into the hande of Nebuchad-nezzar King of Babel, and into the hande of their enemies, and into the hande of those that seeke their liues, and he shall smite them with the edge of the sworde: he shall not spare them, neither haue pitie nor compassion.

  • Deut 30:15
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    15 Beholde, I haue set before thee this day life and good, death and euill,

  • Ezek 21:8
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    8 Againe, the word of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

  • Jer 38:17
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    17 Then sayd Ieremiah vnto Zedekiah, Thus sayth the Lord God of hostes, the God of Israel, If thou wilt goe foorth vnto the King of Babels princes, then thy soule shall liue, and this citie shal not be burnt vp with fire, and thou shalt liue, and thine house.

  • Jer 21:3
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    3 Then said Ieremiah, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah,

  • Ezek 21:18-20
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    18 The worde of the Lorde came vnto mee againe, saying,

    19 Also thou sonne of man, appoint thee two wayes, that the sworde of the King of Babel may come: both twaine shall come out of one lande, and chuse a place, and chuse it in the corner of the way of the citie.

    20 Appoint a way, that the sworde may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Iudah in Ierusalem the strong citie.

  • Jer 32:36
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    36 And nowe therefore, thus hath the Lorde God of Israel spoken, concerning this citie, whereof ye say, It shalbe deliuered into the hand of the King of Babel by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence,

  • Jer 26:8
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    8 Nowe when Ieremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speake vnto all the people, then the Priestes, and the prophets, and all the people tooke him, and saide, Thou shalt die the death.

  • Jer 26:4
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    4 And thou shalt say vnto them, Thus saith the Lord, If ye will not heare me to walke in my Lawes, which I haue set before you,

  • Jer 42:21-22
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    21 Therefore I haue this day declared it you, but you haue not obeyed the voyce of the Lorde your God, nor any thing for the which he hath sent me vnto you.

    22 Nowe therefore, knowe certeinely that ye shall die by the sworde, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to goe and dwell.

  • Isa 8:11
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    11 For the Lorde spake thus to me in taking of mine hand, and taught me, that I should not walke in the way of this people, saying,

  • Deut 30:18-19
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    18 I pronounce vnto you this day, that ye shal surely perish, ye shall not prolong your dayes in the lande, whither thou passest ouer Iorden to possesse it.

    19 I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you, that I haue set before you life & death, blessing and cursing. therefore chuse life, that both thou and thy seede may liue,

  • Ezek 22:1
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    1 Moreouer, the worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

  • Ezek 21:16
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    16 Get thee alone: goe to the right hande, or get thy selfe to the left hande, whithersoeuer thy face turneth.

  • Jer 11:21-22
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    21 The Lorde therefore speaketh thus of the men of Anathoth, (that seeke thy life, and say, Prophecie not in the Name of the Lorde, that thou die not by our hands)

    22 Thus therefore sayth the Lorde of hostes, Beholde, I will visite them: the yong men shall die by the sword: their sonnes and their daughters shall die by famine,

  • Ezek 21:1
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    1 The word of ye Lord came to me againe, saying,

  • Jer 18:11
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    11 Speake thou nowe therefore vnto the men of Iudah, and to the inhabitants of Ierusalem, saying, Thus saith ye Lord, Behold, I prepare a plague for you, and purpose a thing against you: returne you therefore euery one from his euill way, and make your wayes and your workes good.

  • Deut 11:26
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    26 Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

  • Jer 34:17
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    17 Therefore thus saith the Lord, Ye haue not obeyed mee, in proclayming freedome euery man to his brother, and euery man to his neighbour: beholde, I proclaime a libertie for you, saith the Lorde, to the sworde, to the pestilence, and to the famine, and I will make you a terrour to all the kingdomes of the earth.

  • Jer 34:21
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    21 And Zedekiah King of Iudah, and his princes will I giue into the hand of their enemies, and into the hande of them that seeke their life, and into the hande of the King of Babels hoste, which are gone vp from you.

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    11 Moreouer the word of the Lorde came vnto me, saying,

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    4 Yet heare the worde of the Lord, O Zedekiah, King of Iudah: thus sayth the Lord of thee, Thou shalt not dye by the sword,

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    8 When I shall say vnto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt die the death, if thou doest not speake, and admonish the wicked of his way, that wicked man shall die for his iniquitie, but his blood will I require at thine hand.

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    10 And when thou shalt shewe this people all these wordes, & they shal say vnto thee, Wherefore hath the Lorde pronounced all this great plague against vs? or what is our iniquitie? and what is our sinne that we haue committed against the Lord our God?

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    32 For I desire not the death of him that dyeth, sayth the Lord God: cause therefore one another to returne, and liue ye.

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    19 Thus hath the Lord said vnto me, Goe and stande in the gate of the children of the people, whereby the Kings of Iudah come in, and by the which they goe out, & in all ye gates of Ierusalem,

    20 And say vnto them, Heare the word of the Lord, ye Kings of Iudah, and al Iudah, and all the inhabitants of Ierusale, that enter in by these gates.

  • Jer 28:7
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    7 But heare thou now this worde that I will speake in thine eares and in the eares of all the people.

  • Jer 38:20-21
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    20 But Ieremiah sayd, They shall not deliuer thee: hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde, I beseech thee, which I speake vnto thee: so shal it be well vnto thee, and thy soule shall liue.

    21 But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lorde hath shewed me.

  • Jer 22:1
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    1 Thus said the Lorde, Goe downe to the house of the King of Iudah, and speake there this thing,

  • Jer 6:21
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    21 Therefore thus sayeth the Lorde, Beholde, I will laie stumbling blockes before this people, and the fathers and the sonnes together shall fall vpon them: the neighbour and his friende shall perish.

  • Prov 14:12
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    12 There is a way that seemeth right to a man: but the issues thereof are the wayes of death.

  • Ezek 28:20
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    20 Againe, the worde of the Lord came vnto me, saying,

  • Jer 38:15
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    15 Then Ieremiah sayd to Zedekiah, If I declare it vnto thee, wilt not thou slay me? and if I giue thee counsell, thou wilt not heare me.