Jeremiah 21 : 1 (MKJV)
The Word which came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,
Jeremiah 21 : 2 (MKJV)
Please inquire of Jehovah for us. For Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us. Perhaps Jehovah will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that he may go up from us.
Jeremiah 21 : 3 (MKJV)
Then Jeremiah said to them, You shall say this to Zedekiah,
Jeremiah 21 : 4 (MKJV)
So says the Jehovah, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls. And I will gather them together in the middle of this city.
Jeremiah 21 : 5 (MKJV)
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.
Jeremiah 21 : 6 (MKJV)
And I will strike the people of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great plague.
Jeremiah 21 : 7 (MKJV)
And afterward, says Jehovah, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the plague, 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 who seek their life. And he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.
Jeremiah 21 : 8 (MKJV)
And to this people you shall say, So says Jehovah, Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21 : 9 (MKJV)
He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the plague. But he who goes out and falls to the Chaldeans who are all around you, he shall live, and his life shall be his prize.
Jeremiah 21 : 10 (MKJV)
For I have set My face against this city for evil, and not for good, says Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 21 : 11 (MKJV)
And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear the Word of Jehovah.
Jeremiah 21 : 12 (MKJV)
O house of David, so says Jehovah: Do judgment in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest My fury go out like fire, and burn so that none can put it out, because of the evil of your doings.
Jeremiah 21 : 13 (MKJV)
Behold, I am against you, O dweller of the valley, rock of the plain, says Jehovah; those who say, Who shall come down against us? Or who shall enter into our homes?
Jeremiah 21 : 14 (MKJV)
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Jehovah; and I will kindle a fire in the forest of it, and it shall devour all things around it.
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