Jeremiah 21:3

King James Version (1611 Edition)

Then saide Ieremiah vnto them. Thus shall yee say to Zedekiah,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But Jeremiah answered, “This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

Hebrew Names Version
Then said Yirmeyahu to them, Thus shall you tell Tzidkiyahu:

King James Version
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

English Standard Version
Then Jeremiah said to them: "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah,

New American Standard Bible
But Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows:

New Century Version
But Jeremiah answered them, "Tell King Zedekiah this:

Amplified Bible
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Say this to Zedekiah:

World English Bible
Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you tell Zedekiah:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then said Ieremiah, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah,

Berean Standard Bible
But Jeremiah answered, "You are to tell Zedekiah the following:

Contemporary English Version
I told them that the Lord God of Israel had told me to say to King Zedekiah: The Babylonians have surrounded Jerusalem and want to kill you and your people. You are asking me to save you, but you have made me furious. So I will stretch out my mighty arm and fight against you myself. Your army is using spears and swords to fight the Babylonians, but I will make your own weapons turn and attack you. I will send a horrible disease to kill many of the people and animals in Jerusalem, and there will be nothing left to eat. Finally, I will let King Nebuchadnezzar and his army fight their way to the center of Jerusalem and capture everyone who is left alive, including you and your officials. But Nebuchadnezzar won't be kind or show any mercy—he will have you killed! I, the Lord , have spoken.

Complete Jewish Bible
Yirmeyahu answered them, "Here is what you are to tell Tzidkiyahu:

Darby Translation
And Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jeremiah answered Pashhur and Zephaniah. He said, "Tell King Zedekiah,

George Lamsa Translation
Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:

Good News Translation
Then the Lord spoke to me, and I told those who had been sent to me

Lexham English Bible
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:

Literal Translation
Then Jeremiah said to them, You shall say this to Zedekiah,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then spake Ieremy: Geue Sedechias this answere,

American Standard Version
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Bible in Basic English
Then Jeremiah said to them, This is what you are to say to Zedekiah:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then said Jeremiah unto them: Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then spake Ieremie: Geue Zedechias this aunswere.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Jeremias said to them, Thus shall ye say to Sedekias king of Juda,

English Revised Version
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jeremye seide to hem, Thus ye schulen seie to Sedechie,

Update Bible Version
Then Jeremiah said to them, Thus you shall say to Zedekiah:

Webster's Bible Translation
Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

New English Translation
Jeremiah answered them, "Tell Zedekiah

New King James Version
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah,

New Living Translation
Jeremiah replied, "Go back to King Zedekiah and tell him,

New Life Bible
Then Jeremiah said to them, "Say this to Zedekiah:

New Revised Standard
Then Jeremiah said to them:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then said Jeremiah unto them, - Thus, shall ye say unto Zedekiah:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jeremias said to them: Thus shall you say to Sedecias:

Revised Standard Version
Then Jeremiah said to them:

Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah saith unto them, `Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah,

THE MESSAGE
But Jeremiah said, "Tell Zedekiah: ‘This is the God of Israel's Message to you: You can say good-bye to your army, watch morale and weapons flushed down the drain. I'm going to personally lead the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans, against whom you're fighting so hard, right into the city itself. I'm joining their side and fighting against you, fighting all-out, holding nothing back. And in fierce anger. I'm prepared to wipe out the population of this city, people and animals alike, in a raging epidemic. And then I will personally deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his princes, and any survivors left in the city who haven't died from disease, been killed, or starved. I'll deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon—yes, hand them over to their enemies, who have come to kill them. He'll kill them ruthlessly, showing no mercy.'

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to Zedekiah as follows:

Contextual Overview

¹ The word which came vnto Ieremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent vnto him Pashur the sonne of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the sonne of Maaseiah the priest, saying; ² Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for vs (for Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon maketh warre against vs) if so be that the Lord will deale with vs, according to all his wondrous workes, that he may goe vp from vs. ³ Then saide Ieremiah vnto them. Thus shall yee say to Zedekiah, ⁴ Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turne backe the weapons of warre that are in your hands, wherewith yee fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Caldeans, which besiege you without the walles, and I will assemble them into the middest of this citie. ⁵ And I myselfe will fight against you with an out stretched hand, and with a strong arme, euen in anger, and in furie, and in great wrath. ⁶ And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. ⁷ And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliuer Zedekiah king of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie 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 seeke their life, and and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: hee shall not spare them, neither haue pitie, nor haue mercy.

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Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:23 - Tell ye the man

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
And God said, Sarah thy wife shall beare thee a sonne in deede, and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my couenant with him, for an euerlasting couenant, and with his seed after him.

Genesis 21:6
And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that heare, will laugh with me.

Genesis 21:12
And God said vnto Abraham, Let it not be grieuous in thy sight, because of the lad, and because of thy bond woman. In all that Sarah hath said vnto thee, hearken vnto her voice: for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Genesis 22:2
And he said, Take now thy sonne, thine onely sonne Isaac, whom thou louest, and get thee into the land of Moriah: and offer him there for a burnt offering vpon one of the Mountaines which I will tell thee of.

Joshua 24:3
And I tooke your father Abraham fro the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gaue him Isaac.

Matthew 1:2
Abraham begate Isaac, and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate Iudas and his brethren.

Acts 7:8
And he gaue him the couenant of Circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue Patriarchs.

Romans 9:7
Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children: but in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Hebrews 11:18
Of whom it was said, That, in Isaac shall thy seed be called:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said Jeremiah unto them,.... The two priests, Pashur and Zephaniah, after he had sought the Lord, and knew his mind and will:

thus shall ye say to Zedekiah; by whom they were sent.