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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, 2Inquire, I pray thee, of
YHWH for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against
us: peradventure YHWH will deal with us according to all his
wondrous works, that he may go up from us. 3Then said Jeremiah
unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 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. 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. 6And I will smite
the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a
great pestilence. 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. 8And unto this people
you shall say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of
life and the way of death. 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. 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. 11And touching the house of the king of Judah, hear
ye the word of Jehovah: 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. 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? 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
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