The Book of Jeremiah
21: 1The word which came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, when king Zedekiah
sent unto him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah,
the priest, saying, 21:2Inquire, I pray thee, of Jehovah for us; for Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon maketh war against us: peradventure Jehovah will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 21:3Then said
Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 21:4Thus saith Jehovah, the 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 that
besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
21:5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong
arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. 21:6And I will smite the
inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
21:7And afterward, saith Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his
servants, and the people, even 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. 21:8And unto this people thou shalt say,
Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
21:9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the
pestilence; but he that goeth out, and passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege
you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 21:10For I have set my
face upon this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah: it shall be given into
the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. 21:11And touching
the house of the king of Judah, hear ye the word of Jehovah: 21:12O house of David,
thus saith Jehovah, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him that is robbed
out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that
none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings. 21:13Behold, I am against
thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain, saith Jehovah; you
that say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our
habitations? 21:14And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith
Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round
about her.