Jer 21:10 | NETfull | STEP | For I, the Lord , say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”

Jeremiah 21:10

10 For I, the Lord, say that ^{▼▼ Heb “oracle of the Lord.”} I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. ^{▼▼ Heb “I have set my face against this city for evil [i.e., disaster] and not for good [i.e., well-being].” For the use of the idiom “set one’s face against/toward” see, e.g., usage in 1 Kgs 2:15; 2 Kgs 2:17; Jer 42:15, 17 and note the interesting interplay of usage in Jer 44:11–12.} It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’” ^{▼▼ Heb “he will burn it with fire.”}