21Jeremiah 21

1The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,Select Jeremiah 21:1

2Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; it may be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.Select Jeremiah 21:2

3Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:Select Jeremiah 21:3

4Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that [are] in your hands, with which ye fight against the king of Babylon, and [against] the Chaldeans, who besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.Select Jeremiah 21:4

5And I myself will fight against you with an out-stretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.Select Jeremiah 21:5

6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die by a great pestilence.Select Jeremiah 21:6

7And 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 Nebuchadnezzar 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.Select Jeremiah 21:7

8And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.Select Jeremiah 21:8

9He 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 to him for a prey.Select Jeremiah 21:9

10For 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.Select Jeremiah 21:10

11And concerning the house of the king of Judah, [say], Hear ye the word of the LORD;Select Jeremiah 21:11

12O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver [him that is] made desolate 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.Select Jeremiah 21:12

13Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?Select Jeremiah 21:13

14But 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 around it.Select Jeremiah 21:14