Jeremiah:21

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* The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Melchiah , and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah , the priest , saying , * "Please inquire of the LORD for us , for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us . Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works , that the king may go away from us ." * Then Jeremiah said to them , "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah , * "Thus says the LORD God of Israel : "Behold , I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands , with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls ; and I will assemble them in the midst of this city . * I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm , even in anger and fury and great wrath . * I will strike the inhabitants of this city , both man and beast ; they shall die of a great pestilence . * And afterward ," says the LORD , "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah , his servants and the people , and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine , into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , into the hand of their enemies , and into the hand of those who seek their life ; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword . He shall not spare them , or have pity or mercy ."' * "Now you shall say to this people , "Thus says the LORD : "Behold , I set before you the way of life and the way of death . * He who remains in this city shall die by the sword , by famine , and by pestilence ; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you , he shall live , and his life shall be as a prize to him . * For I have set My face against this city for adversity and not for good ," says the LORD . "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon , and he shall burn it with fire ."' * "And concerning the house of the king of Judah , say , "Hear the word of the LORD , * O house of David ! Thus says the LORD : "Execute judgment in the morning ; And deliver him who is plundered Out of the hand of the oppressor , Lest My fury go forth like fire And burn so that no one can quench it , Because of the evil of your doings . * "Behold , I am against you , O inhabitant of the valley , And rock of the plain ," says the LORD , "Who say , "Who shall come down against us ? Or who shall enter our dwellings ?' * But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings ," says the LORD ; "I will kindle a fire in its forest , And it shall devour all things around it .""'

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