Jeremiah 21

1The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,Cross-references: 2Ki 24:17 · 2Ki 25:18 · 1Chr 3:15 · 1Chr 9:12 · 2Chr 36:10 · Neh 11:12 · +7 more

2“Please inquire of Yahweh for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps Yahweh will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may withdraw from us.”Cross-references: Ex 14:1 · Josh 10:1 · Judg 4:1 · Judg 20:27 · 1Sam 7:10 · 1Sam 10:22 · +29 more

3Then Jeremiah said to them, “Tell Zedekiah:

4‘Yahweh, the God of Israel says, “Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and I will gather them into the middle of this city.Cross-references: Isa 5:5 · Isa 10:4 · Isa 13:4 · Jer 32:5 · Jer 33:5 · Jer 37:8 · +10 more

5I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, in wrath, and in great indignation.Cross-references: Ex 6:6 · Ex 9:15 · Deut 4:23 · Deut 4:34 · Isa 5:25 · Isa 9:12 · +10 more

6I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal. They will die of a great pestilence.Cross-references: Gen 6:7 · Isa 6:11 · Isa 24:1 · Jer 7:20 · Jer 12:3 · Jer 14:12 · +18 more

7Afterward,” says Yahweh, “I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants, and the people, even those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life. He will strike them with the edge of the sword. He will not spare them, have pity, or have mercy.”’Cross-references: Deut 28:50 · 2Ki 25:5 · 2Ki 25:18 · 2Chr 36:17 · Isa 13:17 · Isa 27:11 · +17 more

8“You shall say to this people, ‘Yahweh says: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.Cross-references: Deut 11:26 · Deut 30:15 · Deut 30:19 · Isa 1:19

9He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he will live, and he will escape with his life.Cross-references: Jer 14:12 · Jer 21:7 · Jer 27:13 · Jer 38:2 · Jer 38:17 · Jer 39:18 · +1 more

10For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,” says Yahweh. “It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’Cross-references: Lev 17:10 · Lev 20:3 · Lev 26:17 · 2Chr 36:19 · Ps 34:16 · Jer 17:27 · +15 more

11“Concerning the house of the king of Judah, hear Yahweh’s word:Cross-references: Jer 13:18 · Jer 17:20 · Mic 3:1

12House of David, Yahweh says, ‘Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go out like fire, and burn so that no one can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.Cross-references: Ex 18:13 · Lev 26:28 · Deut 32:22 · 2Sam 8:15 · Job 29:17 · Ps 72:1 · +37 more

13Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain,’ says Yahweh. ‘You that say, “Who would come down against us?” or, “Who would enter into our homes?”Cross-references: Ex 13:8 · Ex 13:20 · 2Sam 5:6 · Ps 125:2 · Isa 22:1 · Jer 7:4 · +10 more

14I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,’ says Yahweh; ‘and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it will devour all that is around her.’”Cross-references: 2Chr 36:19 · Prov 1:31 · Isa 3:10 · Isa 10:12 · Isa 10:18 · Isa 24:21 · +12 more