Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
the people, and such—rather, explanatory, "the people," namely, "such as are left."
seek their life—content with nothing short of their death; not content with plundering and enslaving them.
smite with . . . sword—This was the fate of Zedekiah's sons and many of the Jewish nobles. Zedekiah himself, though not put to a violent death, died of grief. Compare as to the accurate fulfilment, Jeremiah 34:4; Ezekiel 12:13; II Kings 25:6-7.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 21:7:
2 Kings 25:1
Jeremiah 21:1
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