The word{H1697} which came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from Jehovah,{H3068} when king{H4428} Zedekiah{H6667} sent{H7971} unto him Pashhur{H6583} the son{H1121} of Malchijah,{H4441} and Zephaniah{H6846} the son{H1121} of Maaseiah,{H4641} the priest,{H3548} saying,{H559}

Inquire,{H1875} I pray thee, of Jehovah{H3068} for us;{H1157} for Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} maketh war{H3898} against us: peradventure Jehovah{H3068} will deal{H6213} with us according to all his wondrous works,{H6381} that he may go up{H5927} from us.

Then said{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto them, Thus shall ye say{H559} to Zedekiah:{H6667}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel,{H3478} Behold, I will turn back{H5437} the weapons{H3627} of war{H4421} that are in your hands,{H3027} wherewith ye fight{H3898} against the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and against the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696} you, without{H2351} the walls;{H2346} and I will gather{H622} them into the midst{H8432} of this city.{H5892}

And I myself will fight{H3898} against you with an outstretched{H5186} hand{H3027} and with a strong{H2389} arm,{H2220} even in anger,{H639} and in wrath,{H2534} and in great{H1419} indignation.{H7110}

And I will smite{H5221} the inhabitants{H3427} of this city,{H5892} both man{H120} and beast:{H929} they shall die{H4191} of a great{H1419} pestilence.{H1698}

And afterward,{H310} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will deliver{H5414} Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} and his servants,{H5650} and the people,{H5971} even such as are left{H7604} in this city{H5892} from the pestilence,{H1698} from the sword,{H2719} and from the famine,{H7458} into the hand{H3027} of Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and into the hand{H3027} of their enemies,{H341} and into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245} their life:{H5315} and he shall smite{H5221} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword;{H2719} he shall not spare{H2347} them, neither have pity,{H2550} nor have mercy.{H7355}

And unto this people{H5971} thou shalt say,{H559} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} Behold, I set{H5414} before{H6440} you the way{H1870} of life{H2416} and the way{H1870} of death.{H4194}

He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} and by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth out,{H3318} and passeth{H5307} over to the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696} you, he shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey.{H7998}

For I have set{H7760} my face{H6440} upon this city{H5892} for evil,{H7451} and not for good,{H2896} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} it shall be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall burn{H8313} it with fire.{H784}

And touching the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah,{H3063} hear{H8085} ye the word{H1697} of Jehovah:{H3068}

O house{H1004} of David,{H1732} thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Execute{H1777} justice{H4941} in the morning,{H1242} and deliver{H5337} him that is robbed{H1497} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor,{H6231} lest my wrath{H2534} go forth{H3318} like fire,{H784} and burn{H1197} so that none can quench{H3518} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings.{H4611}

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant{H3427} of the valley,{H6010} [and] of the rock{H6697} of the plain,{H4334} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} you that say,{H559} Who shall come down{H5181} against us? or who shall enter{H935} into our habitations?{H4585}

And I will punish{H6485} you according to the fruit{H6529} of your doings,{H4611} saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and I will kindle{H3341} a fire{H784} in her forest,{H3293} and it shall devour{H398} all that is round about{H5439} her.