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1. The LORD spoke through Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, the priest, to speak with him. They begged Jeremiah,
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1. The word H1697 which H834 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , when king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 sent H7971 unto H413 him H853 Pashur H6583 the son H1121 of Melchiah H4441 , and Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641 the priest H3548 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Please speak to the LORD for us and ask him to help us. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking Judah. Perhaps the LORD will be gracious and do a mighty miracle as he has done in the past. Perhaps he will force Nebuchadnezzar to withdraw his armies."
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2. Inquire H1875 , I pray thee H4994 , of H853 the LORD H3068 for H1157 us; for H3588 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 maketh war H3898 against H5921 us ; if so be H194 that the LORD H3068 will deal H6213 with H854 us according to all H3605 his wondrous works H6381 , that he may go up H5927 from H4480 H5921 us.
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3. Jeremiah replied, "Go back to King Zedekiah and tell him,
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3. Then said H559 Jeremiah H3414 unto H413 them, Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 to H413 Zedekiah H6667 :
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4. 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: I will make your weapons useless against the king of Babylon and the Babylonians who are outside your walls attacking you. In fact, I will bring your enemies right into the heart of this city.
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4. Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel H3478 ; Behold H2009 , I will turn back H5437 H853 the weapons H3627 of war H4421 that H834 are in your hands H3027 , wherewith H834 ye H859 fight H3898 against H853 the king H4428 of Babylon H894 , and against the Chaldeans H3778 , which besiege H6696 H5921 you without H4480 H2351 the walls H2346 , and I will assemble H622 them into H413 the midst H8432 of this H2063 city H5892 .
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5. I myself will fight against you with a strong hand and a powerful arm, for I am very angry. You have made me furious!
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5. And I myself H589 will fight H3898 against H854 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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6. I will send a terrible plague upon this city, and both people and animals will die.
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6. And I will smite H5221 H853 the inhabitants H3427 of this H2063 city H5892 , both man H120 and beast H929 : they shall die H4191 of a great H1419 pestilence H1698 .
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7. And after all that, says the LORD, I will hand over King Zedekiah, his staff, and everyone else in the city who survives the disease, war, and famine. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their other enemies. He will slaughter them and show them no mercy, pity, or compassion.'
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7. And afterward H310 H3651 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 , I will deliver H5414 H853 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , and his servants H5650 , and the people H5971 , and such as are left H7604 in this H2063 city H5892 from H4480 the pestilence H1698 , from H4480 the sword H2719 , and from H4480 the famine H7458 , into the hand H3027 of Nebuchadnezzar 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 H3808 spare H2347 H5921 them, neither H3808 have pity H2550 , nor H3808 have mercy H7355 .
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8. "Tell all the people, 'This is what the LORD says: Take your choice of life or death!
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8. And unto H413 this H2088 people H5971 thou shalt say H559 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Behold H2009 , I set H5414 before H6440 you H853 the way H1870 of life H2416 , and the way H1870 of death H4194 .
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9. Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!
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9. He that abideth H3427 in this H2063 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 H5921 the Chaldeans H3778 that besiege H6696 H5921 you , he shall live H2421 , and his life H5315 shall be H1961 unto him for a prey H7998 .
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10. For I have decided to bring disaster and not good upon this city, says the LORD. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will reduce it to ashes.'
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10. For H3588 I have set H7760 my face H6440 against this H2063 city H5892 for evil H7451 , and not H3808 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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11. "Say to the royal family of Judah, 'Listen to this message from the LORD!
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11. 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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12. This is what the LORD says to the dynasty of David: " 'Give justice each morning to the people you judge! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire because of all your sins.
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12. O house H1004 of David H1732 , thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Execute H1777 judgment H4941 in the morning H1242 , and deliver H5337 him that is spoiled H1497 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the oppressor H6231 , lest H6435 my fury H2534 go out H3318 like fire H784 , and burn H1197 that none H369 can quench H3518 it , because H4480 H6440 of the evil H7455 of your doings H4611 .
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13. I will personally fight against the people in Jerusalem, that mighty fortress-- the people who boast, "No one can touch us here. No one can break in here."
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13. Behold H2009 , I am against H413 thee , O inhabitant H3427 of the valley H6010 , and rock H6697 of the plain H4334 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 ; which say H559 , Who H4310 shall come down H5181 against H5921 us? or who H4310 shall enter H935 into our habitations H4585 ?
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14. And I myself will punish you for your sinfulness, says the LORD. I will light a fire in your forests that will burn up everything around you.'"
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14. But I will punish H6485 H5921 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 H3605 round about H5439 it.
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