Chapters
Jeremiah (52 chapters)
Jeremiah 21
1
The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent
unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the
priest, saying,
2
Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
3
Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
4
Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of
war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon,
and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will
assemble them into the midst of this city.
5
And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a
strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in
great wrath.
6
And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great
pestilence.
7
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the
people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the
sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon,
and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek
their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall
not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set
before you the way of life, and the way of death.
9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the
sword, and by the famine,
and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans
that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
10
For I have set my face against this city for
evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall burn it with fire.
11
And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the
LORD;
12
O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning,
and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my
fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil
of your doings.
13
Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the
plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who
shall enter into our habitations?
14
But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the
LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour
all things round about it.