<vn='1'>The <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, when <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="*853"></s><sn="6583">Pashur</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4441">Melchiah</s>, and <sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1875">Inquire</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, of <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1157">for</s> us; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> maketh <sn="3898">war</s><sn="5921">against</s> us; if so <sn="194">be</s> that the <sn="3068">LORD</s> will <sn="6213">deal</s><sn="854">with</s> us according to <sn="3605">all</s> his wondrous <sn="6381">works</s>, that he may go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> us. </v>
<vn='3'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>: </v>
<vn='4'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I will turn <sn="5437">back</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3627">weapons</s> of <sn="4421">war</s><sn="834">that</s> are in your <sn="3027">hands</s>, <sn="834">wherewith</s><sn="859">ye</s><sn="3898">fight</s> against <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and against the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, which <sn="6696 5921">besiege</s> you <sn="4480 2351">without</s> the <sn="2346">walls</s>, and I will <sn="622">assemble</s> them <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="8432">midst</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>And I <sn="589">myself</s> will <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="854">against</s> you with an <sn="5186">outstretched</s><sn="3027">hand</s> and with a <sn="2389">strong</s><sn="2220">arm</s>, even in <sn="639">anger</s>, and in <sn="2534">fury</s>, and in <sn="1419">great</s><sn="7110">wrath</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>And I will <sn="5221">smite</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, both <sn="120">man</s> and <sn="929">beast</s>: they shall <sn="4191">die</s> of a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="1698">pestilence</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>And <sn="310 3651">afterward</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I will <sn="5414">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, and his <sn="5650">servants</s>, and the <sn="5971">people</s>, and such as are <sn="7604">left</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>, <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and <sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="7458">famine</s>, into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of their <sn="341">enemies</s>, and into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of those that <sn="1245">seek</s> their <sn="5315">life</s>: and he shall <sn="5221">smite</s> them with the <sn="6310">edge</s> of the <sn="2719">sword</s>; he shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2347 5921">spare</s> them, <sn="3808">neither</s> have <sn="2550">pity</s>, <sn="3808">nor</s> have <sn="7355">mercy</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="413">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s> thou shalt <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, I <sn="5414">set</s><sn="6440">before</s> you <sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="2416">life</s>, and the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="4194">death</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>He that <sn="3427">abideth</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, and by the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and by the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>: but he that goeth <sn="3318">out</s>, and <sn="5307">falleth</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> that <sn="6696 5921">besiege</s> you, he shall <sn="2421">live</s>, and his <sn="5315">life</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> unto him for a <sn="7998">prey</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s> I have <sn="7760">set</s> my <sn="6440">face</s> against <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> for <sn="7451">evil</s>, and <sn="3808">not</s> for <sn="2896">good</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: it shall be <sn="5414">given</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>, and he shall <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And touching the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, say, <sn="8085">Hear</s> ye the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; </v>
<vn='12'>O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="1732">David</s>, <sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="1777">Execute</s><sn="4941">judgment</s> in the <sn="1242">morning</s>, and <sn="5337">deliver</s> him that is <sn="1497">spoiled</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6231">oppressor</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> my <sn="2534">fury</s> go <sn="3318">out</s> like <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="1197">burn</s> that <sn="369">none</s> can <sn="3518">quench</s> it, <sn="4480 6440">because</s> of the <sn="7455">evil</s> of your <sn="4611">doings</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, I am <sn="413">against</s> thee, O <sn="3427">inhabitant</s> of the <sn="6010">valley</s>, and <sn="6697">rock</s> of the <sn="4334">plain</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; which <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> shall come <sn="5181">down</s><sn="5921">against</s> us? or <sn="4310">who</s> shall <sn="935">enter</s> into our <sn="4585">habitations</s>? </v>
<vn='14'>But I will <sn="6485 5921">punish</s> you according to the <sn="6529">fruit</s> of your <sn="4611">doings</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and I will <sn="3341">kindle</s> a <sn="784">fire</s> in the <sn="3293">forest</s> thereof, and it shall <sn="398">devour</s> all <sn="3605">things</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> it. </v>