KJV + Strong's Jerusalem will Fall to Babylon 1The wordwhich came unto Jeremiahfrom the LORD,when kingZedekiahsentunto him Pashurthe sonof Melchiah,and Zephaniahthe sonof Maaseiahthe priest,saying,2Enquire,I pray thee, of the LORDfor us;for Nebuchadrezzarkingof Babylonmaketh waragainst us; if so be that the LORDwill dealwith us according to all his wondrous works,that he may go upfrom us. 3Then saidJeremiahunto them, Thus shall ye sayto Zedekiah:4Thus saiththe LORDGodof Israel;Behold, I will turn backthe weaponsof warthat [are] in your hands,wherewith ye fightagainst the kingof Babylon,and [against] the Chaldeans,which besiegeyou withoutthe walls,and I will assemblethem into the midstof this city.5And I myself will fightagainst you with an outstretchedhandand with a strongarm,even in anger,and in fury,and in greatwrath.6And I will smitethe inhabitantsof this city,both manand beast:they shall dieof a greatpestilence.7And afterward,saiththe LORD,I will deliverZedekiahkingof Judah,and his servants,and the people,and such as are leftin this cityfrom the pestilence,from the sword,and from the famine,into the handof Nebuchadrezzarkingof Babylon,and into the handof their enemies,and into the handof those that seektheir life:and he shall smitethem with the edgeof the sword;he shall not sparethem, neither have pity,nor have mercy. 8And unto this peoplethou shalt say,Thus saiththe LORD;Behold, I setbeforeyou the wayof life,and the wayof death.9He that abidethin this cityshall dieby the sword,and by the famine,and by the pestilence:but he that goeth out,and fallethto the Chaldeansthat besiegeyou, he shall live{08675;02421:08799}, and his lifeshall be unto him for a prey.10For I have setmy faceagainst this cityfor evil,and not for good,saiththe LORD:it shall be giveninto the handof the kingof Babylon,and he shall burnit with fire. Message to the House of David 11And touching the houseof the kingof Judah,[say], Hearye the wordof the LORD; 12O houseof David,thus saiththe LORD;Executejudgmentin the morning,and deliver[him that is] spoiledout of the handof the oppressor,lest my furygo outlike fire,and burnthat none can quench[it], becauseof the evilof your doings. 13Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitantof the valley,[and] rockof the plain,saiththe LORD;which say,Who shall come downagainst us? or who shall enterinto our habitations? 14But I will punishyou according to the fruitof your doings,saiththe LORD:and I will kindlea firein the forestthereof, and it shall devourall things round aboutit. |
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