Jeremiah 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,
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.
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 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.
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 Chaldeans 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 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.
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.
Cross-references
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- 1Jer 37:3, Jer 29:25, Jer 38:1, Jer 52:24, 1Ch 9:12, Jer 37:1, 2Ki 24:17–18, Jer 32:1–3
- 2Jer 37:3, Jer 37:7, Ezk 20:1–3, Jer 42:4–6, 1Sa 28:6, 1Ki 14:2–3, 1Sa 28:15, Psa 44:1–4
- 4Isa 13:4, Jer 33:5, Jer 37:8–10, Isa 5:5, Jer 32:5, Jer 38:17–18, Zec 14:2, Jer 38:2–3
- 5Isa 63:10, Isa 5:25, Exo 6:6, Jer 32:17, Jer 6:12, Exo 9:15, Isa 9:17, Isa 9:21
- 6Jer 33:12, Ezk 14:21, Ezk 14:19, Ezk 14:17, Jer 12:3–4, Isa 6:11, Zep 1:3, Jer 32:24
- 7Jer 37:17, Hab 1:6–10, 2Ki 25:5–7, Ezk 17:20–21, Ezk 7:9, 2Ki 25:18–21, Deu 28:50, Jer 13:14
- 8Deu 30:19, Deu 30:15, Deu 11:26, Isa 1:19–20
- 9Jer 38:2, Jer 39:18, Jer 45:5, Jer 14:12, Jer 38:17–23, Jer 21:7, Jer 27:13
- 10Jer 44:11, Jer 44:27, Amo 9:4, Jer 52:13, Ezk 15:7, Jer 39:8, Jer 38:18, Jer 34:2
- 11Jer 17:20, Mic 3:1, Jer 13:18
- 12Isa 1:17, Jer 4:4, Pro 31:8–9, Zec 7:9–11, Isa 1:31, Jer 22:2–3, Jer 36:7, Nam 1:6
- 13Lam 4:12, Oba 1:3–4, Ezk 13:8, Psa 125:2, Mic 3:11, Jer 49:4–5, Jer 50:31, Jer 23:30–32
- 14Isa 3:10–11, Pro 1:31, Jer 32:19, Jer 52:13, 2Ch 36:19, Jer 17:10, Gal 6:7–8, Isa 10:18–19