21:1 THE WORD THAT CAME FROM THE LORD TO
JEREMIAS, WHEN KING SEDEKIAS SENT TO HIM PASCHOR THE SON OF MELCHIAS, AND
SOPONIAS SON OF BASAEAS, THE PRIEST, SAYING,
21:2 Enquire of the Lord for us; for the king of Babylon has risen up
against us; if the Lord will do according to all his wonderful works, and
[the king] shall depart from us.
21:3 And Jeremias said to them, Thus shall ye say to Sedekias king of Juda,
21:4 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I [will] turn back the weapons of war
wherewith ye fight against the Chaldeans that have besieged you from outside
the wall, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
21:5 And I will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a
strong arm, with wrath and great anger.
21:6 And I will smite all the dwellers in this city, [both] men and cattle,
with grievous pestilence: and they shall die.
21:7 And after this, thus saith the Lord; I will give Sedekias king of Juda,
and his servants, and the people that is left in this city from the
pestilence, and from the famine, and from the sword, into the hands of their
enemies, that seek their lives: and they shall cut them in pieces with the
edge of the sword: I will not spare them, and I will not have compassion
upon them.
21:8 And thou shalt say to this people, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I have
set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
21:9 He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by famine: but
he that goes forth to advance to the Chaldeans that have besieged you, shall
live, and his life shall be to him for a spoil, and he shall live.
21:10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good:
it shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall
consume it with fire.
21:11 O house of the king of Juda, hear ye the word of the Lord.
21:12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Judge judgment in the morning,
and act rightly, and rescue the spoiled one from the hand of him that wrongs
him, lest mine anger be kindled like fire, and it burn, and there be none to
quench [it].
21:13 Behold, I am against thee that dwellest in the valley of Sor; in the
plain country, [eve against] them that say, Who shall alarm us? or who shall
enter into our habitation?
21:14 And I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour
all things round about it. |
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,
21:2 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.
21:3 Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
21:4 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.
21:5 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.
21:6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they
shall die of a great pestilence.
21:7 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.
21:8 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.
21:9 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.
21:10 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.
21:11 And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of
the LORD;
21:12 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.
21:13 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?
21:14 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. |