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Jeremiah 21

Jeremiah's Message for Zedekiah

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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when  aKing Zedekiah sent to him  bPashhur the son of Malchijah, and  cZephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,

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"Please  ainquire of the LORD on our behalf, for  bNebuchadnezzar king of  cBabylon is warring against us; perhaps the LORD will deal with us  daccording to all His  1wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us."

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

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`Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to  aturn 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  bgather them into the center of this city.

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"I  aMyself will war against you with an  boutstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in  canger and wrath and great indignation.

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

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"Then afterwards," declares the LORD, " aI 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  bwill not spare them nor have pity nor compassion."'

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

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"He who  adwells in this city will die by the  bsword 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.

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"For I have  aset My face against this city for  1harm and not for good," declares the LORD. "It will be  bgiven into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will  cburn it with fire."'

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"Then say to the household of the  aking of Judah, `Hear the word of the LORD,

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O  ahouse of David, thus says the LORD: " bAdminister justice  1every  cmorning; And deliver the person who has been robbed from the  2power of his oppressor,  dThat My wrath may not go forth like fire And  eburn with none to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds.

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"Behold,  aI am against you, O  bvalley dweller, O  1rocky plain," declares the LORD, "You men who say, ` cWho will come down against us? Or who will enter into our habitations?'

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"But I will punish you  aaccording to the  1results of your deeds," declares the LORD, "And I will  bkindle a fire in its forest That it may devour all its environs.""'



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