Jeremiah 21:3

World English Bible

Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you tell 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:

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:

King James Version (1611)
Then saide Ieremiah vnto them. Thus shall yee 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 to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, ² Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: peradventure Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us. ³ Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you tell Zedekiah: ⁴ Thus says Yahweh, the 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 against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city. ⁵ I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation. ⁶ I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence. ⁷ Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even 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 who 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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Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 34:23 - Tell ye the man

Cross-References

Genesis 17:19
God said, "No, but Sarah, your wife, will bear you a son. You shall call his name Isaac. I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant for his seed after him.

Genesis 21:6
Sarah said, "God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me."

Genesis 21:12
God said to Abraham, "Don't let it be grievous in your sight because of the boy, and because of your handmaid. In all that Sarah says to you, listen to her voice. For from Isaac will your seed be called.

Genesis 22:2
He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Isaac, and go into the land of Moriah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."

Joshua 24:3
I took your father Abraham from beyond the River, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

Matthew 1:2
Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.

Acts 7:8
He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

Romans 9:7
Neither, because they are Abraham's seed, are they all children. But, "In Isaac will your seed be called."

Hebrews 11:18
even he to whom it was said, "In Isaac will your 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.