rsv Jeremiah:21:1-22 SEEK
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This is the word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
when King Zedeki '
ah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchi '
ah and Zephani '
ah the priest ,
the son of Ma-asei '
ah ,
saying ,
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Inquire of the LORD for us ,
for Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon is making war against us ;
perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds ,
and will make him withdraw from us ."
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Then Jeremiah said to them :
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Thus you shall say to Zedeki '
ah , `
Thus says the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
Behold ,
I will turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chalde '
ans who are besieging you outside the walls ;
and I will bring them together into the midst of this city .
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I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm ,
in anger ,
and in fury ,
and in great wrath .
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And I will smite the inhabitants of this city ,
both man and beast ;
they shall die of a great pestilence .
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Afterward ,
says the LORD ,
I will give Zedeki '
ah king of Judah ,
and his servants ,
and the people in this city who survive the pestilence ,
sword ,
and famine ,
into the hand of Nebuchadrez '
zar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies ,
into the hand of those who seek their lives .
He shall smite them with the edge of the sword ;
he shall not pity them ,
or spare them ,
or have compassion .'
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And to 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 who stays in this city shall die by the sword ,
by famine ,
and by pestilence ;
but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chalde '
ans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war .
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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 to the house of the king of Judah say , `
Hear the word of the LORD ,
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O house of David !
Thus says the LORD : "`
Execute justice in the morning ,
and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed ,
lest my wrath go forth like fire ,
and burn with none to quench it ,
because of your evil doings .'"
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Behold ,
I am against you ,
O inhabitant of the valley ,
O rock of the plain ,
says the LORD ;
you who say , `
Who shall come down against us ,
or who shall enter our habitations ?'
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I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings ,
says the LORD ;
I will kindle a fire in her forest ,
and it shall devour all that is round about her ."