Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
KJV
King James 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 the LORD ,
when king Zedekiah sent unto
him Pashur
the
son of Melchiah,
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. ”
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.
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
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.
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
fury, and in
great wrath.
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
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
.
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
the LORD ;
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 falleth
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 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.
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 ,
say,
Hear ye
the word of the LORD ;
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
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
.
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
rock
of
the plain,
saith
the LORD ;
which
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
. ’”
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
.
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