21:1 This
is
the
word
that
came
to
Jeremiah
from
the
LORD,
when
King
Zedekiah
sent
to
him
Pashhur
the
son
of
Malchiah
and
Zephaniah
the
priest,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
saying,
21:2 "Inquire
of
the
LORD
for
us,
for
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
is
making
war
against
us.
Perhaps
the
LORD
will
deal
with
us
according
to
all
his
wonderful
deeds
and
will
make
him
withdraw
from
us."
21:3 Then
Jeremiah
said
to
them:
21:4 "Thus
you
shall
say
to
Zedekiah,
'Thus
says
the
LORD,
the
God
of
Israel:
Behold,
I
will
turn
back
the
weapons
of
war
that
are
in
your
hands
and
with
which
you
are
fighting
against
the
king
of
Babylon
and
against
the
Chaldeans
who
are
besieging
you
outside
the
walls.
And
I
will
bring
them
together
into
the
midst
of
this
city.
21:5 I
myself
will
fight
against
you
with
outstretched
hand
and
strong
arm,
in
anger
and
in
fury
and
in
great
wrath.
21:6 And
I
will
strike
down
the
inhabitants
of
this
city,
both
man
and
beast.
They
shall
die
of
a
great
pestilence.
21:7 Afterward,
declares
the
LORD,
I
will
give
Zedekiah
king
of
Judah
and
his
servants
and
the
people
in
this
city
who
survive
the
pestilence,
sword,
and
famine
into
the
hand
of
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
and
into
the
hand
of
their
enemies,
into
the
hand
of
those
who
seek
their
lives.
He
shall
strike
them
down
with
the
edge
of
the
sword.
He
shall
not
pity
them
or
spare
them
or
have
compassion.'
21:8 "And
to
this
people
you
shall
say:
'Thus
says
the
LORD:
Behold,
I
set
before
you
the
way
of
life
and
the
way
of
death.
21:9 He
who
stays
in
this
city
shall
die
by
the
sword,
by
famine,
and
by
pestilence,
but
he
who
goes
out
and
surrenders
to
the
Chaldeans
who
are
besieging
you
shall
live
and
shall
have
his
life
as
a
prize
of
war.
21:10 For
I
have
set
my
face
against
this
city
for
harm
and
not
for
good,
declares
the
LORD:
it
shall
be
given
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon,
and
he
shall
burn
it
with
fire.'
21:11 "And
to
the
house
of
the
king
of
Judah
say,
'Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD,
21:12 O
house
of
David!
Thus
says
the
LORD:
"'Execute
justice
in
the
morning,
and
deliver
from
the
hand
of
the
oppressor
him
who
has
been
robbed,
lest
my
wrath
go
forth
like
fire,
and
burn
with
none
to
quench
it,
because
of
your
evil
deeds.'"
21:13 "Behold,
I
am
against
you,
O
inhabitant
of
the
valley,
O
rock
of
the
plain,
declares
the
LORD;
you
who
say,
'Who
shall
come
down
against
us,
or
who
shall
enter
our
habitations'
21:14 I
will
punish
you
according
to
the
fruit
of
your
deeds,
declares
the
LORD;
I
will
kindle
a
fire
in
her
forest,
and
it
shall
devour
all
that
is
around
her."