Jeremiah:21

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* The word that came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah , when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Malchijah , and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah , the priest , saying , * Inquire , I pray thee , of Jehovah for us ; for Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon maketh war against us ; if so be that Jehovah will deal with us according to all his marvellous works , that he may go up from us . * And Jeremiah said unto them , Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah : * Thus saith Jehovah the 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 , outside the walls , and I will assemble them into the midst of this city . * And I myself will fight against you with a stretched-out hand , and with a strong arm , and in anger , and in fury , and in great wrath . * And I will smite the inhabitants of this city , both man and beast : they shall die of a great pestilence . * And afterwards , saith Jehovah , I will give 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 the 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 . * And unto this people thou shalt say , Thus saith Jehovah : Behold , I set before you the way of life , and the way of death . * 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 deserteth to the Chaldeans that besiege you , he shall live , and his life shall be unto him for a prey . * For I have set my face against 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 . * And touching the house of the king of Judah , hear ye the word of Jehovah . * House of David , thus saith Jehovah : Judge with justice in the morning , and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor , lest my fury go forth like fire and burn , and there be none to quench it , because of the evil of your doings . * Behold , I am against thee , inhabitress of the valley , the rock of the plain , saith Jehovah ; ye that say , Who shall come down against us , or who shall enter into our dwellings ? * And I will visit 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 .

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