Jeremiah 33:5 (KJV)

Passage

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

Jeremiah 33:4 For thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city, and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are thrown down by the mounts, and by the sword;

Jeremiah 33:5 They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.

Jeremiah 33:6 Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth.

Jeremiah 33:7 And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return, and will build them, as at the first.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "come", "fight", "chaldeans", "fill", "dead", "bodies", "slain", and "mine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "come" and "fight", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "For thus saith the LORD the God..." into verse 6's "Behold I will bring it health and...", so "come" and "fight" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "come" and "fight" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.