Verse
WEB
World English Bible
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
The word which
came to Jeremiah from Yahweh,
when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the
son of Malchijah ,
and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah ,
the
priest,
saying
,
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
,
Please inquire of Yahweh
for
us;
for
Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon makes
war against us :
peradventure
Yahweh
will deal
with
us according
to
all his wondrous
works
, that he
may
go
up
from us.
“
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. ”
Then
said
Jeremiah to
them
, Thus
shall
you tell Zedekiah :
But
Jeremiah answered
, “
You are
to
tell Zedekiah that
Thus
says
Yahweh
, the God of Israel, Behold,
I will turn back
the weapons of war that
are
in your hands, with which you fight
against
the king of Babylon ,
and against
the Chaldeans who besiege you ,
without
the walls;
and I will gather
them
into
the midst
of this city.
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.
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
.
And
I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty
arm, with
anger, fury
, and great wrath
.
I will strike the inhabitants
of this city, both man and animal:
they shall
die of
a great
pestilence
.
I will strike down
the residents
of this city, both man and beast.
They will
die in
a terrible
plague
. ’
Afterward
, says
Yahweh
, 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
who seek their life:
and
he shall
strike
them with
the
edge
of
the sword; he shall
not spare them ,
neither
have
pity ,
nor
have
mercy
.
‘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
. ’
To this people you
shall
say,
Thus
says Yahweh
: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
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.
He
who
remains
in this city shall
die by the
sword ,
and by
the
famine ,
and by
the
pestilence;
but he
who
goes out ,
and passes
over
to the Chaldeans who besiege you ,
he
shall
live ,
and
his life shall
be
to
him
for
a prey
.
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
.
For I have set my face on
this city for
evil,
and not for
good, says
Yahweh:
it shall
be given
into the hand of the king of Babylon, and
he
shall
burn
it with fire.
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. ’
Touching
the house of the king of Judah ,
hear you
the word of Yahweh:
Moreover,
tell
the house of the king of Judah to
hear the word of the
LORD.
House of David, thus
says Yahweh,
Execute
justice in
the
morning, and deliver
him
who
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
.
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
.
Behold, I am against you ,
O
inhabitant
of
the valley, [and]
of
the rock
of
the plain,
says
Yahweh;
you that
say, Who shall
come down
against us? or
who shall
enter into
our habitations
?
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
? ”
I will punish you according
to
the
fruit
of
your doings
, says
Yahweh;
and
I will kindle a fire in her
forest ,
and
it
shall
devour
all
that is
round
about
her
.
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
. ’”
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