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Jeremiah's
Message for Zedekiah |
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| Jeremiah 21:1 |
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The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD
when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the
priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 21:2 |
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"Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, for
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is warring against us; perhaps the LORD will deal
with us according to all His wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from
us." |
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| Jeremiah 21:3 |
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Then Jeremiah said to them, "You shall say to
Zedekiah as follows: |
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| Jeremiah 21:4 |
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'Thus says the LORD God of Israel, "Behold,
I am about to turn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which
you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging
you outside the wall; and I will gather them into the center of this city. |
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| Jeremiah 21:5 |
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"I Myself will war against you with an outstretched
hand and a mighty arm, even in anger and wrath and great indignation. |
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| Jeremiah 21:6 |
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"I will also strike down the inhabitants of
this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great pestilence. |
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| Jeremiah 21:7 |
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"Then afterwards," declares the LORD, "I will
give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who
survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand
of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the
hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge
of the sword. He will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion."' |
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| Jeremiah 21:8 |
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"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says
the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. |
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| Jeremiah 21:9 |
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"He who dwells in this city will die by the
sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the
Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty. |
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| Jeremiah 21:10 |
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"For I have set My face against this city for
harm and not for good," declares the LORD. "It will be given into the hand of
the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire."' |
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| Jeremiah 21:11 |
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"Then say to the household of the king of Judah,
'Hear the word of the LORD, |
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| Jeremiah 21:12 |
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O house of David, thus says the LORD: "Administer
justice every morning; And deliver the person who has been robbed from the power
of his oppressor, That My wrath may not go forth like fire And burn with none
to extinguish it, Because of the evil of their deeds. |
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| Jeremiah 21:13 |
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"Behold, I am against you, O valley dweller,
O rocky plain," declares the LORD, "You men who say, 'Who will come down against
us? Or who will enter into our habitations?' |
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| Jeremiah 21:14 |
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"But I will punish you according to the results
of your deeds," declares the LORD, "And I will kindle a fire in its forest That
it may devour all its environs."'" |
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