The word{H1697} which came unto Jeremiah{H3414} from the LORD{H3068}, when king{H4428} Zedekiah{H6667} sent{H7971}{(H8800)} unto him Pashur{H6583} the son{H1121} of Melchiah{H4441}, and Zephaniah{H6846} the son{H1121} of Maaseiah{H4641} the priest{H3548}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Enquire{H1875}{(H8798)}, I pray thee, of the LORD{H3068} for us{H1157}; for Nebuchadrezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} maketh war{H3898}{(H8737)} against us; if so be that the LORD{H3068} will deal{H6213}{(H8799)} with us according to all his wondrous works{H6381}{(H8737)}, that he may go up{H5927}{(H8799)} from us.

Then said{H559}{(H8799)} Jeremiah{H3414} unto them, Thus shall ye say{H559}{(H8799)} to Zedekiah{H6667}:

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}; Behold, I will turn back{H5437}{(H8688)} the weapons{H3627} of war{H4421} that are in your hands{H3027}, wherewith ye fight{H3898}{(H8737)} against the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and against the Chaldeans{H3778}, which besiege{H6696}{(H8802)} you without{H2351} the walls{H2346}, and I will assemble{H622}{(H8804)} them into the midst{H8432} of this city{H5892}.

And I myself will fight{H3898}{(H8738)} against you with an outstretched{H5186}{(H8803)} hand{H3027} and with a strong{H2389} arm{H2220}, even in anger{H639}, and in fury{H2534}, and in great{H1419} wrath{H7110}.

And I will smite{H5221}{(H8689)} the inhabitants{H3427}{(H8802)} of this city{H5892}, both man{H120} and beast{H929}: they shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} of a great{H1419} pestilence{H1698}.

And afterward{H310}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}, I will deliver{H5414}{(H8799)} Zedekiah{H6667} king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, and his servants{H5650}, and the people{H5971}, and such as are left{H7604}{(H8737)} 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}{(H8802)}, and into the hand{H3027} of those that seek{H1245}{(H8764)} their life{H5315}: and he shall smite{H5221}{(H8689)} them with the edge{H6310} of the sword{H2719}; he shall not spare{H2347}{(H8799)} them, neither have pity{H2550}{(H8799)}, nor have mercy{H7355}{(H8762)}.

And unto this people{H5971} thou shalt say{H559}{(H8799)}, Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Behold, I set{H5414}{(H8802)} before{H6440} you the way{H1870} of life{H2416}, and the way{H1870} of death{H4194}.

He that abideth{H3427}{(H8802)} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191}{(H8799)} by the sword{H2719}, and by the famine{H7458}, and by the pestilence{H1698}: but he that goeth out{H3318}{(H8802)}, and falleth{H5307}{(H8804)} to the Chaldeans{H3778} that besiege{H6696}{(H8802)} you, he shall live{H2421}{(H8804)}{(H8675)}{H2421}{(H8799)}, and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey{H7998}.

For I have set{H7760}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against this city{H5892} for evil{H7451}, and not for good{H2896}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: it shall be given{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and he shall burn{H8313}{(H8804)} it with fire{H784}.

And touching the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} of Judah{H3063}, say, Hear{H8085}{(H8798)} ye the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068};

O house{H1004} of David{H1732}, thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}; Execute{H1777}{(H8798)} judgment{H4941} in the morning{H1242}, and deliver{H5337}{(H8685)} him that is spoiled{H1497}{(H8803)} out of the hand{H3027} of the oppressor{H6231}{(H8802)}, lest my fury{H2534} go out{H3318}{(H8799)} like fire{H784}, and burn{H1197}{(H8804)} that none can quench{H3518}{(H8764)} it, because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of your doings{H4611}.

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant{H3427}{(H8802)} of the valley{H6010}, and rock{H6697} of the plain{H4334}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}; which say{H559}{(H8802)}, Who shall come down{H5181}{(H8799)} against us? or who shall enter{H935}{(H8799)} into our habitations{H4585}?

But I will punish{H6485}{(H8804)} you according to the fruit{H6529} of your doings{H4611}, saith{H5002}{(H8803)} the LORD{H3068}: and I will kindle{H3341}{(H8689)} a fire{H784} in the forest{H3293} thereof, and it shall devour{H398}{(H8804)} all things round about{H5439} it.