Jeremiah 21

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1: The wordH1697 whichH0834 cameH1961 toH0413 JeremiahH3414 fromH0853 Yahweh,H3068 when sentH7971 to himH0413 KingH4428 ZedekiahH6667 -H0853 PashhurH6583 sonH1121 of Malchijah,H4441 andH0853 ZephaniahH6846 sonH1121 of MaaseiahH4641 the priest,H3548 saying,H0559

2: inquire,H1875 please,H4994 for usH1157 -H0853 of YahwehH3068 forH3588 NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of BabylonH0894 makes warH3898 against usH5921 PerhapsH0194 will dealH6213 YahwehH3068 with usH0854 according to allH3605 His wonderful works,H6381 that [the king] may go awayH5927 from us.H5921

3: And saidH0559 JeremiahH3414 to themH0413 thusH3541 you shall sayH0559 toH0413 Zedekiah-H6667

4: thusH3541 saysH0559 YahwehH3068 GodH0430 of Israel-H3478 behold IH2005 will turn backH5437 -H0853 the weaponsH3627 of warH4421 that [are]H0834 in your hands,H3027 with whichH0834 youH0859 fightH3898 -H0853 the kingH4428 of Babylon,H0894 andH0853 the Chaldeans,H3778 who besiegeH6696 youH5921 outsideH2351 the walls,H2346 and I will assembleH0622 themH0853 inH0413 the midstH8432 of cityH5892 this.H2063

5: And will fightH3898 IH0589 against youH0854 with handH3027 an outstretchedH5186 and with arm,H2220 a mightyH2389 and even in anger,H0639 and fury,H2534 and wrathH7110 great.H1419

6: And I will strikeH5221 -H0853 the inhabitantsH3427 of city,H5892 thisH2063 and bothH0853 manH0120 andH0853 beast-H0929 of a pestilenceH1698 greatH1419 they shall die.H4191

7: AndH0310 afterwardH3651 saysH5002 Yahweh,H3068 I will deliverH5414 -H0853 ZedekiahH6667 kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 andH0853 his servants,H5650 andH0853 the people,H5971 andH0853 such as are leftH7604 in cityH5892 thisH2063 fromH4480 the pestilence,H1698 andH4480 the sword,H2719 andH4480 the famine,H7458 into the handH3027 of NebuchadnezzarH5019 kingH4428 of Babylon,H0894 and into the handH3027 of their enemies,H0341 and into the handH3027 of those who seekH1245 their life-H5315 and he shall strike themH5221 with the edgeH6310 of the sword-H2719 notH3808 He shall spareH2347 themH5921 orH3808 have pity,H2550 orH3808 mercy.H7355

8: And toH0413 peopleH5971 thisH2088 you shall say,H0559 thusH3541 saysH0559 YahwehH3069 behold IH2005 setH5414 before youH6440 -H0853 wayH1870 of the life,H2416 andH0853 wayH1870 of the death.H4194

9: He who remainsH3427 in cityH5892 thisH2063 shall dieH4191 by the sword,H2719 and by famine,H7458 and by pestilence-H1698 but he who goes out,H3318 and defectsH5307 toH5921 the ChaldeansH3778 who besiegeH6696 youH5921 he shall live,H2421 and shall beH1961 his lifeH5315 as a prize.H7998

10: ForH3588 I have setH7760 My faceH6440 against cityH5892 thisH2063 for adversity,H7451 and notH3808 for good,H2896 saysH5002 Yahweh.H3068 Into the handH3027 of the kingH4428 of Babylon,H0894 it shall be givenH5414 and he shall burn itH8313 with fire.H0784

11: And concerning the houseH1004 of the kingH4428 of Judah,H3063 [say] HearH8085 the wordH1697 of Yahweh-H3068

12: houseH1004 of David,H1732 thusH3541 saysH0559 Yahweh-H3068 ExecuteH1777 in the morning,H1242 judgmentH4941 and deliverH5337 [him who is] plunderedH1497 Out of the handH3027 of the oppressor,H6231 lestH6435 go forthH3318 like fire,H0784 My furyH2534 and burnH1197 so that no oneH0369 can quench [it]H3518 becauseH6440 of the evilH7455 your doings.H4611

13: Behold I [am]H2005 against youH0413 inhabitantH3427 of the valley,H6010 [And] rockH6697 of the plain,H4334 saysH5002 Yahweh-H3068 who say,H0559 whoH4310 shall come downH5181 against usH5921 Or whoH4310 shall enterH0935 our dwellings?H4585

14: but I will punishH6485 youH5921 according to the fruitH6529 of your doings,H4611 saysH5002 Yahweh,H3068 and I will kindleH3341 a fireH0784 in its forestH3293 and it shall devourH0398 all [things]H3605 around it.H5439