Holy Bible
(King James Version)
Jeremiah:
Chapter 21
1. THE
word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zed-e-ki-ah sent
unto him Pashur the son of Mel-chi-ah, and Zeph-a-ni-ah the son of Ma-a-sei-ah
the priest, saying,
2. Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king
of Babylon maketh 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.
3. Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zed-e-ki-ah:
4. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the
weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the
king of Babylon, and against the Chal-de-ans, which besiege you without
the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.
5. 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.
6. And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast:
they shall die of a great pestilence.
7. And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zed-e-ki-ah 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 Neb-u-chad-rez-zar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their
enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall
smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither
have pity, nor have mercy.
8. And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I
set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
9. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the
famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the
Chal-de-ans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto
him for a prey.
10. For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good,
saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall burn it with fire.
11. And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the words
of the LORD;
12. O house of David, thus saith 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.
13. Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of
the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or
who shall enter into our habitations?
14. But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith
the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall
devour all things round about it.
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