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The word[H1697] which came unto Jeremiah[H3414] from the LORD[H3068], when king[H4428]Zedekiah[H6667]sent[H7971] unto him Pashur[H6583] the son[H1121] of Melchiah[H4441], and Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641] the priest[H3548], saying[H559],
2Enquire[H1875], I pray thee, of the LORD[H3068] for us[H1157]; for Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] maketh war[H3898] against us[H1157]; if so be that the LORD[H3068] will deal[H6213] with us[H1157] according to all his wondrous works[H6381], that he may go up[H5927] from us[H1157].
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Then said[H559]Jeremiah[H3414] unto them, Thus shall ye say[H559] to Zedekiah[H6667]:
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]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], which besiege[H6696] you without[H2351] the walls[H2346], and I will assemble[H622] them into the midst[H8432] of this city[H5892].
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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 fury[H2534], and in great[H1419]wrath[H7110].
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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].
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And afterward[H310], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068], I will deliver[H5414]Zedekiah[H6667]king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and his servants[H5650], and the people[H5971], and 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].
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And unto this people[H5971] thou shalt say[H559], Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Behold, I set[H5414]before[H6440] you the way[H1870] of life[H2416], and the way[H1870] of death[H4194].
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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 falleth[H5307] to the Chaldeans[H3778] that besiege[H6696] you, he shall live[H2421], and his life[H5315] shall be unto him for a prey[H7998].
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For I have set[H7760] my face[H6440] against this city[H5892] for evil[H7451], and not for good[H2896], saith[H5002] the LORD[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].
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And touching the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], say, Hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068];
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O house[H1004] of David[H1732], thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Execute[H1777]judgment[H4941] in the morning[H1242], and deliver[H5337] him that is spoiled[H1497]out[H3318] of the hand[H3027] of the oppressor[H6231], lest my fury[H2534] go out[H3318] like fire[H784], and burn[H1197] that none can quench[H3518] it, because[H6440] of the evil[H7455] of your doings[H4611].
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Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant[H3427] of the valley[H6010], and rock[H6697] of the plain[H4334], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]; which say[H559], Who shall come down[H5181] against us? or who shall enter[H935] into our habitations?[H4585]
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But I will punish[H6485] you according to the fruit[H6529] of your doings[H4611], saith[H5002] the LORD[H3068]: and I will kindle[H3341] a fire[H784] in the forest[H3293] thereof, and it shall devour[H398] all things round about[H5439] it.