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for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; peradventure the LORD will deal with us according to all His wondrous works, that he may go up from us.’ <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then said Jeremiah unto them: Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel:<p>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, that besiege you without the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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 compassion. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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 away to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>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. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And unto the house of the king of Judah: Hear ye the word of the LORD; <span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O house of David, thus saith the LORD:<br></div><div class="po2">Execute justice in the morning,</div><div class="po2">And deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor,</div><div class="po2">Lest My fury go forth like fire,</div><div class="po2">And burn that none can quench it,</div><div class="po2">Because of the evil of your doings.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley,</div><div class="po2">And rock of the plain, saith the LORD; Ye that say: ‘Who shall come down against us?</div><div class="po2">Or who shall enter into our habitations?’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/jeremiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,<p>Saith the LORD;</div><div class="po2">And I will kindle a fire in her forest,</div><div class="po2">And it shall devour all that is round about her.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/jeremiah/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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