Dual Panel1The word <01697> which came unto Jeremiah <03414> from the LORD <03068>_, when king <04428> Zedekiah <06667> sent <07971> (8800) unto him Pashur <06583> the son <01121> of Melchiah <04441>_, and Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548>_, saying <0559> (8800)_,
2Enquire <01875> (8798)_, I pray thee, of the LORD <03068> for us <01157>_; for Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> maketh war <03898> (8737) against us; if so be that the LORD <03068> will deal <06213> (8799) with us according to all his wondrous works <06381> (8737)_, that he may go up <05927> (8799) from us.
3Then said <0559> (8799) Jeremiah <03414> unto them, Thus shall ye say <0559> (8799) to Zedekiah <06667>_:
4Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>_; Behold, I will turn back <05437> (8688) the weapons <03627> of war <04421> that [are] in your hands <03027>_, wherewith ye fight <03898> (8737) against the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>_, and [against] the Chaldeans <03778>_, which besiege <06696> (8802) you without <02351> the walls <02346>_, and I will assemble <0622> (8804) them into the midst <08432> of this city <05892>_.
5And I myself will fight <03898> (8738) against you with an outstretched <05186> (8803) hand <03027> and with a strong <02389> arm <02220>_, even in anger <0639>_, and in fury <02534>_, and in great <01419> wrath <07110>_.
6And I will smite <05221> (8689) the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of this city <05892>_, both man <0120> and beast <0929>_: they shall die <04191> (8799) of a great <01419> pestilence <01698>_.
7And afterward <0310>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_, I will deliver <05414> (8799) Zedekiah <06667> king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, and his servants <05650>_, and the people <05971>_, and such as are left <07604> (8737) in this city <05892> from the pestilence <01698>_, from the sword <02719>_, and from the famine <07458>_, into the hand <03027> of Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894>_, and into the hand <03027> of their enemies <0341> (8802)_, and into the hand <03027> of those that seek <01245> (8764) their life <05315>_: and he shall smite <05221> (8689) them with the edge <06310> of the sword <02719>_; he shall not spare <02347> (8799) them, neither have pity <02550> (8799)_, nor have mercy <07355> (8762)_.
8And unto this people <05971> thou shalt say <0559> (8799)_, Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_; Behold, I set <05414> (8802) before <06440> you the way <01870> of life <02416>_, and the way <01870> of death <04194>_.
9He that abideth <03427> (8802) in this city <05892> shall die <04191> (8799) by the sword <02719>_, and by the famine <07458>_, and by the pestilence <01698>_: but he that goeth out <03318> (8802)_, and falleth <05307> (8804) to the Chaldeans <03778> that besiege <06696> (8802) you, he shall live <02421> (8804) (8675) <02421> (8799)_, and his life <05315> shall be unto him for a prey <07998>_.
10For I have set <07760> (8804) my face <06440> against this city <05892> for evil <07451>_, and not for good <02896>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_: it shall be given <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>_, and he shall burn <08313> (8804) it with fire <0784>_.
11And touching the house <01004> of the king <04428> of Judah <03063>_, [say], Hear <08085> (8798) ye the word <01697> of the LORD <03068>_;
12O house <01004> of David <01732>_, thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>_; Execute <01777> (8798) judgment <04941> in the morning <01242>_, and deliver <05337> (8685) [him that is] spoiled <01497> (8803) out of the hand <03027> of the oppressor <06231> (8802)_, lest my fury <02534> go out <03318> (8799) like fire <0784>_, and burn <01197> (8804) that none can quench <03518> (8764) [it], because <06440> of the evil <07455> of your doings <04611>_. {Execute: Heb. Judge}
13Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant <03427> (8802) of the valley <06010>_, [and] rock <06697> of the plain <04334>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_; which say <0559> (8802)_, Who shall come down <05181> (8799) against us? or who shall enter <0935> (8799) into our habitations <04585>_? {inhabitant: Heb. inhabitress}
14But I will punish <06485> (8804) you according to the fruit <06529> of your doings <04611>_, saith <05002> (8803) the LORD <03068>_: and I will kindle <03341> (8689) a fire <0784> in the forest <03293> thereof, and it shall devour <0398> (8804) all things round about <05439> it. {punish: Heb. visit upon}