Jeremiah:21
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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 ,
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Enquire ,
I pray you ,
of the LORD for us ;
for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes 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 .
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Then said Jeremiah unto them ,
Thus shall all of you say to Zedekiah :
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Thus says the LORD God of Israel ;
Behold ,
I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands ,
wherewith all of you 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 .
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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 .
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And I will strike the inhabitants of this city ,
both man and beast :
they shall die of a great pestilence .
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And afterward ,
says 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 strike them with the edge of the sword ;
he shall not spare them ,
neither have pity ,
nor have mercy .
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And unto this people you shall say ,
Thus says the LORD ;
Behold ,
I set before you the way of life ,
and the way of death .
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He that abides in this city shall die by the sword ,
and by the famine ,
and by the pestilence :
but he that goes out ,
and falls to the Chaldeans that besiege you ,
he shall live ,
and his life shall be unto him for a prey .
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For I have set my face against this city for evil ,
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 .
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And concerning the house of the king of Judah ,
say ,
Hear all of you the word of the LORD ;
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O house of David ,
thus says 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 .
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Behold ,
I am against you ,
O inhabitant of the valley ,
and rock of the plain ,
says the LORD ;
which say ,
Who shall come down against us ?
or who shall enter into our habitations ?
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But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings ,
says the LORD :
and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof ,
and it shall devour all things round about it .