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Chapter 21 |
| 1 | The word which
came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the
son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
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| 2 | Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar 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 Zedekiah: |
| 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
Chaldeans, 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. |
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| 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 Zedekiah 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 Nebuchadrezzar 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. |
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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. |
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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 Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him
for a prey. |
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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. |
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11 | And touching the house
of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word 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. |
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| 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? |
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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. |
