Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
This
is
the word that
came to
Jeremiah from the
LORD
when King Zedekiah sent to
him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the
priest
Zephaniah son of Maaseiah .
They
said
,
The word which
came unto
Jeremiah from Jehovah,
when king Zedekiah sent unto
him Pashhur the
son of Malchijah ,
and Zephaniah the
son of Maaseiah, the
priest,
saying,
“Please
inquire of
the
LORD
on
our
behalf
, since
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon is
waging
war against us .
Perhaps
the
LORD
will perform
for
us something
like
all His past
wonders
, so
that Nebuchadnezzar
will
withdraw
from us. ”
Inquire, I
pray
thee,
of
Jehovah
for
us;
for
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon maketh
war against us :
peradventure
Jehovah
will deal
with
us according
to
all his wondrous
works
, that he
may
go
up
from us.
But
Jeremiah answered
, “You
are
to tell
Zedekiah that
Then
said
Jeremiah unto
them
, Thus
shall
ye
say
to Zedekiah :
this
is
what
the
LORD
, the God of Israel, says:
‘
I will turn against
you
the weapons of war in your hands, with
which
you
are
fighting
the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who
besiege you outside
the
wall
, and I will assemble
their
forces
in
the center
of this city.
Thus
saith
Jehovah
, the 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 that
besiege you, without
the
walls;
and I will gather
them
into
the midst
of this city.
And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty
arm, with
anger, fury
, and great wrath
.
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with
a strong
arm, even
in
anger, and
in
wrath
, and in
great indignation
.
I will strike
down
the residents
of this city, both man and beast .
They will
die in
a terrible
plague
. ’
And
I will smite
the inhabitants
of this city, both man and beast :
they shall
die of
a great
pestilence
.
‘After
that
, ’
declares
the
LORD
, ‘
I will hand
over
Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers
, and the people in this city who
survive
the plague
and
sword and famine, to
Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon and to
their enemies who
seek their lives.
He will
put
them to
the sword; he will
not spare them or
show
pity or
compassion
. ’
And
afterward
, saith
Jehovah
, I will deliver
Zedekiah king of Judah, and
his servants
, and the people ,
even
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
.
Furthermore,
you
are
to
tell
this people that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says
: ‘
Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
And
unto
this people thou
shalt
say,
Thus
saith
Jehovah
: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Whoever
stays
in this city will
die by sword and famine and
plague
, but whoever
goes
out and surrenders
to the Chaldeans who
besiege you will
live;
he will
retain
his life like
a spoil
of
war
.
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 passeth
over
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 to
bring
disaster
and not good, declares
the
LORD.
It will
be delivered
into the hand of the king of Babylon, who
will
destroy
it with fire. ’
For I have set my face upon
this city for
evil,
and not for
good, saith
Jehovah:
it shall
be given
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
he
shall
burn
it with fire.
Moreover,
tell
the house of the king of Judah to
hear the word of the
LORD.
And
touching
the house of the king of Judah ,
hear ye
the word of Jehovah:
O house of David, this
is
what
the
LORD
says:
‘Administer
justice every
morning, and rescue
the
victim
of robbery
from
the hand of his
oppressor, or
My wrath will
go forth like fire and burn with
no
one
to
extinguish
it because of their
evil deeds
.
O house of David, thus
saith
Jehovah,
Execute
justice in
the
morning, and deliver
him
that
is
robbed
out
of the hand of the
oppressor, lest
my wrath go forth like fire ,
and burn so
that
none
can
quench
it ,
because of the
evil of
your
doings
.
Behold, I am against you
who
dwell
above
the valley, atop
the rocky
plateau—
declares
the LORD—
you who
say, “
Who can
come against us? Who can
enter our dwellings
? ”
Behold, I am against thee,
O
inhabitant
of
the valley, `and'
of
the rock
of
the plain,
saith
Jehovah;
you that
say, Who shall
come down
against us? or
who shall
enter into
our habitations
?
I will punish you as
your deeds
deserve
, declares
the
LORD.
I will kindle a fire in your
forest that will
consume
everything
around
you
. ’”
And
I will punish you according
to
the
fruit
of
your doings
, saith
Jehovah;
and
I will kindle a fire in her
forest ,
and
it
shall
devour
all
that is
round
about
her
.
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