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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//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 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></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="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</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">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">Jerusalem's Defeat Is Predicted</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_21_1"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.1" class="v24_21_1">1</span>King Zedekiah of Judah sent to me Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with this request: </span><span class="v24_21_2"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.2" class="v24_21_2">2</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.21.2!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> “Please speak to the <span class="nd">Lord</span> for us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army are besieging the city. Maybe the <span class="nd">Lord</span> will perform one of his miracles for us and force Nebuchadnezzar to retreat.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_21_3"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.3" class="v24_21_3">3</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> spoke to me, and I told those who had been sent to me </span><span class="v24_21_4"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.4" class="v24_21_4">4</span>to tell Zedekiah that the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, the God of Israel, had said, “Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the center of the city. </span><span class="v24_21_5"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.5" class="v24_21_5">5</span>I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury. </span><span class="v24_21_6"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.6" class="v24_21_6">6</span>I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease. </span><span class="v24_21_7"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.7" class="v24_21_7">7</span>But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease—I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v24_21_8"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.8" class="v24_21_8">8</span>Then the <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me to say to the people, “Listen! I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, am giving you a choice between the way that leads to life and the way that leads to death. </span><span class="v24_21_9"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.9" class="v24_21_9">9</span>Anyone who stays in the city will be killed in war or by starvation or disease. But those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians, who are now attacking the city, will not be killed; they will at least escape with their life. </span><span class="v24_21_10"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.10" class="v24_21_10">10</span>I have made up my mind not to spare this city, but to destroy it. It will be given over to the king of Babylonia, and he will burn it to the ground. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.”</span></p><h3 class="s">Judgment on the Royal House of Judah</h3><p class="par"><span class="v24_21_11"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.11-Jer.21.12" class="v24_21_11">11-12</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> told me to give this message to the royal house of Judah, the descendants of David: “Listen to what I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, am saying. See that justice is done every day. Protect the person who is being cheated from the one who is cheating him. If you don't, the evil you are doing will make my anger burn like a fire that cannot be put out. </span><span class="v24_21_13"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.13" class="v24_21_13">13</span>You, Jerusalem, are sitting<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.21.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> high above the valleys, like a rock rising above the plain. But I will fight against you. You say that no one can attack you or break through your defenses. </span><span class="v24_21_14"><span class="reftext" id="Jer.21.14" class="v24_21_14">14</span>But I will punish you for what you have done. I will set your palace on fire, and the fire will burn down everything around it. I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have spoken.”</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">21.13: </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You, Jerusalem, are sitting; </char><char style="ft" closed="false">or </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You are enthroned.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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