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
,
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.
Then said Jeremiah
unto them, Thus shall ye say
to Zedekiah
:
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
.
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
.
And I will smite the inhabitants
of this city
, both man
and beast
: they shall die
of a great
pestilence
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
And touching the house of the king
of Judah
, say , Hear
ye the word
of the LORD
;
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
.
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
?
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.