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          DASV: Jeremiah 21    

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when king
Zedekiah sent Pashhur the son of Malchiah and the priest
Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah to him, saying,
2 "Please inquire of the LORD for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon is making war on us. Perhaps the LORD will perform
one of his wonderful works for us so that he may withdraw
from attacking us."

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, "This is what you are to tell
Zedekiah:
4 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says, I will make
your weapons of war that you are using to fight against the
king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who are besieging
you outside the walls, ineffective in your hands. I will
gather those troops right in the middle of this city.
5 I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand
and with a mighty arm, in anger, fury, and great rage.
6 I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both human and
animals. They will die of a horrible plague.'"
7 "Afterward," says the LORD, "I will deliver up Zedekiah king
of Judah, and his servants, and the people who are left in
this city from the plague, the sword, and famine. I will
give them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,
their enemies, and to those seeking their lives. He will
strike them down with the edge of the sword. He will not
spare them, or have pity or compassion on them."
8 "Tell this people, 'This is what the LORD says: I am setting
before you a choice between the way of life and the way of
death.
9 The one who stays in this city will die by the sword, famine,
and plague; those who go out and surrender to the Chaldeans
who are besieging you will live, and will at least escape
with their lives as booty."
10 "For I have set my face against this city to bring disaster
and not good," says the LORD. "It will be given into the hand
of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire."
11 To the house of the king of Judah,
     "Listen to the word of LORD:
12 O house of David, this is what the LORD says,
     Execute justice in the morning.
           Deliver those who are robbed from their oppressors,
     or my wrath will flare up like fire,
           and burn so that no one will be able to extinguish it,
                because of your evil actions.
13 I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,
      O rock of the plain," says the LORD.
      You who ask, 'Who can come down against us?
     Who can break into our refuge?'
14 I will punish you according to the fruit of your actions,"
                says the LORD.
     "I will kindle a fire in your forests,
           and it will devour everything around you."

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