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Jeremiah 21 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 21, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Jeremiah 21 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יָד yâd H3027 7 hand, open
בָּבֶל Bâbel H894 4 Babel, Babylonia
עִיר ʻîyr H5892 5 city, waking
נְאֻם nᵉʼum H5002 4 oracle
דֶּבֶר deber H1698 3 pestilence
צִדְקִיָּה Tsidqîyâh H6667 3 Tsidkijah
צוּר tsûwr H6696 3 cramp, confine

How preachers through history handled this text

9 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 21, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 7 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“13. Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of in the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 13. Ecce ego contra to, quae habitas in valle, petra in planitie (vel, patrae planitiei, alii vertunt) dicit Jehova; qui dicitis, Quis descendet contra nos? et quis ingrediatur habitacula nostra? l4. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 3, on Jeremiah 21:13–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Babylon 1 — Jer 21:10
  • Jerusalem — Jer 21:13
  • Chaldea — Jer 21:4

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