1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,[ † ]2 Kings 24:17-18Jeremiah 32:1-3Jeremiah 37:1Jeremiah 52:1-31 Chronicles 9:12Jeremiah 38:12 Kings 25:18Jeremiah 29:25Jeremiah 37:3 2Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.[ † ]Exodus 9:281 Samuel 9:9Jeremiah 37:3-7Ezekiel 14:7Ezekiel 20:1-3
3Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.[ † ]Isaiah 13:4Jeremiah 39:3Lamentations 2:5-7Zechariah 14:2 5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.[ † ]Jeremiah 32:24Jeremiah 33:5Isaiah 63:10Exodus 6:6Deuteronomy 4:34Jeremiah 6:12 6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7And afterward, saith the Lord , I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.[ † ]2 Kings 25:5-7, 18-21Jeremiah 37:17Jeremiah 39:5Jeremiah 52:9Deuteronomy 28:502 Chronicles 36:17Jeremiah 13:14Ezekiel 7:9Habakkuk 1:6-10
8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.[ † ]Deuteronomy 30:15-19Isaiah 1:19-20 9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.[ † ]Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 39:18 10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord : it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.[ † ]Leviticus 17:10Jeremiah 44:11-27Amos 9:4Jeremiah 38:32 Kings 25:92 Chronicles 36:19Jeremiah 34:2-22Jeremiah 37:10
11And touching the house of the king of Judah, say , Hear ye the word of the Lord ; 12O house of David, thus saith the Lord ; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it , because of the evil of your doings.[ † ]Psalms 72:1Isaiah 1:17Jeremiah 22:3Zechariah 7:9Psalms 101:8Zephaniah 3:5
13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord ; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?[ † ]Jeremiah 23:30-32Ezekiel 13:82 Samuel 5:6-7Jeremiah 49:4Lamentations 4:12Obadiah 3, 4 14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord : and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.[ † ]Proverbs 1:31Isaiah 3:10-11Jeremiah 17:10Jeremiah 32:192 Chronicles 36:19Isaiah 10:16-18Jeremiah 11:16Jeremiah 17:27Jeremiah 52:13Ezekiel 20:47-48