الإصحَاحُ
الْحَادِي وَالْعِشْرُونَ

 

Chapter
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.