Dual Panel1The word<1697> which<834> came<1961> to Jeremiah<3414> from the LORD<3068> when King<4428> Zedekiah<6667> sent<7971> to him Pashhur<6583> the son<1121> of Malchijah<4441>, and Zephaniah<6846> the priest<3548>, the son<1121> of Maaseiah<4641>, saying<559>,
2"Please<4994> inquire<1875> of the LORD<3068> on our behalf<1157>, for Nebuchadnezzar<5019> king<4428> of Babylon<894> is warring<3898> against<5921> us; perhaps<194> the LORD<3068> will deal<6213> with us according to all<3605> His wonderful<6381> acts<6381>, so that the enemy will withdraw<5927> from us."
3Then Jeremiah<3414> said<559> to them, "You shall say<559> to Zedekiah<6667> as follows<3541>:
4'Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068> God<430> of Israel<3478>, "Behold<2009>, I am about to turn<5437> back<5437> the weapons<3627> of war<4421> which<834> are in your hands<3027>, with which<834> you are warring<3898> against<854> the king<4428> of Babylon<894> and the Chaldeans<3778> who are besieging<6696><5921> you outside<4480><2351> the wall<2346>; and I will gather<622> them into the center<8432> of this<384> city<5892>.
5"I Myself<589> will war<3898> against<854> you with an outstretched<5186> hand<3027> and a mighty<2389> arm<2220>, even in anger<639> and wrath<2534> and great<1419> indignation<7110>.
6"I will also strike<5221> down<5221> the inhabitants<3427> of this<384> city<5892>, both man<120> and beast<929>; they will die<4191> of a great<1419> pestilence<1698>.
7"Then afterwards<310><3651>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>, "I will give<5414> over Zedekiah<6667> king<4428> of Judah<3063> and his servants<5650> and the people<5971>, even those who survive<7604> in this<384> city<5892> from the pestilence<1698>, the sword<2719> and the famine<7458>, into the hand<3027> of Nebuchadnezzar<5019> king<4428> of Babylon<894>, and into the hand<3027> of their foes<340> and into the hand<3027> of those who seek<1245> their lives<5315>; and he will strike<5221> them down<5221> with the edge<6310> of the sword<2719>. He will not spare<2347> them nor<3808> have<2550> pity<2550> nor<3808> compassion<7355>."'
8"You shall also say<559> to this<2088> people<5971>, 'Thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>, "Behold<2009>, I set<5414> before<6440> you the way<1870> of life<2425> and the way<1870> of death<4194>.
9"He who dwells<3427> in this<384> city<5892> will die<4191> by the sword<2719> and by famine<7458> and by pestilence<1698>; but he who goes<3318> out and falls<5307> away<5307> to the Chaldeans<3778> who are besieging<6696><5921> you will live<2421>, and he will have<1961> his own life<5315> as booty<7998>.
10"For I have set<7760> My face<6440> against this<384> city<5892> for harm<7463> and not for good<2899>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>. "It will be given<5414> into the hand<3027> of the king<4428> of Babylon<894> and he will burn<8313> it with fire<784>."'
11"Then say to the household<1004> of the king<4428> of Judah<3063>, 'Hear<8085> the word<1697> of the LORD<3068>,
12O house<1004> of David<1732>, thus<3541> says<559> the LORD<3068>: "Administer<1777> justice<4941> every morning<1242>; And deliver<5337> the person who has been robbed<1497> from the power<3027> of his oppressor<6231>, That My wrath<2534> may not go<3318> forth<3318> like fire<784> And burn<1197> with none<369> to extinguish<3518> it, Because<4480><6440> of the evil<7455> of their deeds<4611>.
13"Behold<2009>, I am against<413> you, O valley<6010> dweller<3427>, O rocky<6697> plain<4334>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>, "You men who say<559>, 'Who<4310> will come<5181> down<5181> against<5921> us? Or who<4310> will enter<935> into our habitations<4585>?'
14"But I will punish<6485> you according to the results<6529> of your deeds<4611>," declares<5002> the LORD<3068>, "And I will kindle<3341> a fire<784> in its forest<3293> That it may devour<398> all<3605> its environs<5439>."'"