a2 Kin 24:17, 18; Jer 32:1-3; 37:1; 52:1-3
b1 Chr 9:12; Jer 38:1
c2 Kin 25:18; Jer 29:25, 29; 37:3; 52:24
dEx 9:28; Jer 37:3, 17; Ezek 14:7; 20:1-3
e2 Kin 25:1
fGen 10:10; 2 Kin 17:24
gPs 44:1-3; Jer 32:17
iJer 32:5; 33:5; 37:8-10; 38:2, 3, 17, 18
jIs 5:5; 13:4; Jer 39:3; Lam 2:5, 7; Zech 14:2
kIs 63:10
lEx 6:6; Deut 4:34; Jer 6:12
mIs 5:25; Jer 32:37
nJer 14:12; 32:24
o2 Kin 25:5-7, 18-21; Jer 37:17; 39:5-9; 52:9
p2 Chr 36:17; Jer 13:14; Ezek 7:9; Hab 1:6-10
qDeut 30:15, 19; Is 1:19, 20
rJer 38:2, 17-23; 39:18; 45:5
sJer 14:12; 24:10
tLev 17:10; Jer 44:11, 27; Amos 9:4
uJer 32:28, 29; 38:3
v2 Chr 36:19; Jer 34:2; 37:10; 38:18; 39:8; 52:13

Jeremiah 21:1-10

Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord when aKing Zedekiah sent to him bPashhur the son of Malchijah and cZephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, 2“Please dinquire of the Lord in our behalf, because eNebuchadnezzar king of fBabylon is making war against us; perhaps the Lord will deal with us gin accordance with all His ▼
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wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”

3 But Jeremiah said to them, “You shall say to Zedekiah as follows: 4‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I am going to iturn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you are making war against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will jgather them into the middle of this city. 5And I kMyself will make war against you with an loutstretched hand and a mighty arm, and in manger, wrath, and great indignation. 6I will also strike the inhabitants of this city, both the people and the animals; they will die of a great nplague. 7Then afterward,” declares the Lord, “ oI will hand Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, that is, those who survive in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine, over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to their enemies, and to those who seek their lives; and he will strike and kill them with the edge of the sword. He pwill not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’

8 “You shall also say to this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am qsetting before you the way of life and the way of death. 9Anyone who rstays in this city will die by the ssword, by famine, or by plague; but anyone who leaves and goes over to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as plunder. 10For I have tset My face against this city for harm and not for good,” declares the Lord. “It will be uhanded over to the king of Babylon and he will vburn it with fire.”’

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