21:1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king
Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
21:2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; it may be
that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous
works, that he may go up from us.
21:3 Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
21:4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back
the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, with which ye
fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans,
who besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them
into the midst of this city.
21:5 And I myself will fight against you with an out-stretched
hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in
great wrath.
21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and
beast; they shall die by a great pestilence.
21:7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king
of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are
left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from
the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those
that seek their life; and he shall smite them with the edge of
the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have
mercy.
21:8 And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD;
Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
21:9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by
the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and
falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and
his life shall be to him for a prey.
21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not
for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
21:11 And concerning the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear
ye the word of the LORD;
21:12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in
the morning, and deliver [him that is] made desolate out of the
hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn
that none can quench [it], because of the evil of your doings.
21:13 Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley,
[and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; who say, Who shall
come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?
21:14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your
doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest
thereof, and it shall devour all things around it.
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