The word
which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king
Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of
Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
priest, saying,
02 Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against
us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may
go up from us.
03 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye
say to Zedekiah:
04 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I
will turn back the weapons of war that are in
your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king
of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which
besiege you without the walls, and I will
assemble them into the midst of this city.
05 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.
06 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city,
both man and beast: they shall die of a great
pestilence.
07 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 Nebuchadrezzar 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.
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08 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus
saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way
of life, and the way of death.
09 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 unto him for a prey.
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.
11 And touching the house of the king of Judah,
say, Hear ye the word of the Lord;
12 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 fire, and burn that none can
quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant 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?
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 round about it.
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