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Jeremiah 21:1

The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King [1] Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur [2] the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah [3] the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,

Jeremiah 21:2

"Please inquire [1] of the LORD on our behalf, for Nebuchadnezzar [2] king of Babylon [3] is warring against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us according [4] to all His wonderful [5] acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us."

Jeremiah 21:3

Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows:

Jeremiah 21:4

`Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to turn [1] back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will gather [2] them into the center of this city.

Jeremiah 21:5

"I Myself [1] will war against you with an outstretched [2] hand and a mighty arm, even in anger [3] and wrath and great indignation.

Jeremiah 21:6

"I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. [1]

Jeremiah 21:7

"Then afterwards," declares the LORD, "I [1] will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will [2] not spare them nor have pity nor compassion."'

Jeremiah 21:8

"You shall also say to this people, `Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set [1] before you the way of life and the way of death.

Jeremiah 21:9

"He who dwells [1] in this city will die by the sword [2] and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty.

Jeremiah 21:10

"For I have set [1] My face against this city for harm [2] and not for good," declares the LORD. "It will be given [3] into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn [4] it with fire."'

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