“The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent unto him Pasher, the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Masih, the priest, saying,”
Jeremiah 21
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1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
2"Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us."
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3But Jeremiah answered, "You are to tell Zedekiah that
“Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah.”
4this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: 'I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
“Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands. Wherewith you fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls. They're…”
5And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
“And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and in fury and in great wrath.”
6I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.'
“And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast, and they shall die of a great pestilence.”
7'After that,' declares the LORD, 'I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.'
“And afterwards, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah, the king of Judah and his servants and the people and such are as left in the city from the pestilence and from the sword and from the famine into the hand of…”
8Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: 'Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
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10For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.'
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11Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD.
“Say to the household of the king of Judah, hear the word of the Lord,”
12O house of David, this is what the LORD says: 'Administer justice every morning, and rescue the victim of robbery from the hand of his oppressor, or My wrath will go forth like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it because of their evil deeds.
“O house of David, thus saith the Lord. Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor. Lest my fury go out like a fire and burn, that none can quench it because of the evil of…”
“O house of David, sayeth the Lord, execute judgment in the morning. Deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like the fire. And burn that none can quench it because of the evil of your…”
13Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, "Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?"
“Behold, I am against thee, O inhabit of the valley and rock of the plain, saith the Lord, which say, who shall come down against us, or who shall enter into our habitations?”
14I will punish you as your deeds deserve, declares the LORD. I will kindle a fire in your forest that will consume everything around you.'"
“But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doing, saith the Lord, and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all of the things round about it.”
“But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, sayeth the Lord. I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof and it shall devour all things round about it.”