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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Jeremiah 21 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/21.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/21-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > Jeremiah 21</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/20.htm" title="Jeremiah 20">◄</a> Jeremiah 21 <a href="../jeremiah/22.htm" title="Jeremiah 22">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/jeremiah/21.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Inquire of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> for us, for Nebuchadnezzar<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, an alternate spelling of Nebuchadnezzar (king of Babylon) occurring frequently from Jeremiah 21-52; this latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency">a</a></sup></span> king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span> will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us.”</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Jeremiah said to them: “Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>‘Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and strong arm, in anger and in fury and in great wrath. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Afterward, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, 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.’</p> <p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“And to this people you shall say: ‘Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.’</p> <p class="heading">Message to the House of David</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“And to the house of the king of Judah say, ‘Hear the word of the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>O house of David! Thus says the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>:</p><span class="block-indent"><p class="line-group"><span class="ln-group">“‘Execute justice in the morning,</span><br /><span class="indent">and deliver from the hand of the oppressor</span><br /><span class="indent">him who has been robbed,</span><br /><span class="ln-group">lest my wrath go forth like fire,</span><br /><span class="indent">and burn with none to quench it,</span><br /><span class="indent">because of your evil deeds.’”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">“Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,</span><br /><span class="indent">O rock of the plain,</span><br /><begin-line class="declares"/>declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">you who say, ‘Who shall come down against us,</span><br /><span class="indent">or who shall enter our habitations?’</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/21-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I will punish you according to the fruit of your deeds,</span><br /><begin-line class="declares"/>declares the <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>;</span><br /><span class="indent">I will kindle a fire in her forest,</span><br /><span class="indent">and it shall devour all that is around her.”</span></p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">2</span> Hebrew <i>Nebuchadrezzar</i>, an alternate spelling of <i class="catch-word">Nebuchadnezzar</i> (king of Babylon) occurring frequently from Jeremiah 21 - 52; this latter spelling is used throughout Jeremiah for consistency<br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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