The wordwhichcameuntoJeremiahfromthe LORD, when kingZedekiahsentuntohim Pashurthe sonof Melchiah, and Zephaniahthe sonof Maaseiahthe priest, saying, Inquire, I pray thee, of the LORDforus; forNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonmaketh waragainstus; if so bethat the LORDwill dealwithus according to allhis wondrous works, that he may go upfromus. Then saidJeremiahuntothem, Thusshall ye saytoZedekiah: Thussaiththe LORDGodof Israel; Behold, I will turn backthe weaponsof warthat are in your hands, wherewithyefightagainst the kingof Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiegeyou withoutthe walls, and I will assemblethem intothe midstof thiscity. And I myselfwill fightagainstyou with an outstretchedhandand with a strongarm, even in anger, and in fury, and in greatwrath. And I will smitethe inhabitantsof thiscity, both manand beast: they shall dieof a greatpestilence. And afterward, saiththe LORD, I will deliverZedekiahkingof Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are leftin thiscityfromthe pestilence, fromthe sword, and fromthe famine, into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon, and into the handof their enemies, and into the handof those that seektheir life: and he shall smitethem with the edgeof the sword; he shall notsparethem, neitherhave pity, norhave mercy. And untothispeoplethou shalt say, Thussaiththe LORD; Behold, I setbeforeyou the wayof life, and the wayof death. He that abidethin thiscityshall dieby the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and fallethtothe Chaldeansthat besiegeyou, he shall live, and his lifeshall beunto him for a prey. ForI have setmy faceagainst thiscityfor evil, and notfor good, saiththe LORD: it shall be giveninto the handof the kingof Babylon, and he shall burnit with fire. And touching the houseof the kingof Judah, say , Hearye the wordof the LORD; O houseof David, thussaiththe LORD; Executejudgmentin the morning, and deliver him that is spoiledout of the handof the oppressor, lestmy furygo outlike fire, and burnthat nonecan quench it , becauseof the evilof your doings. Behold, I am againstthee, O inhabitantof the valley, and rockof the plain, saiththe LORD; which say, Whoshall come downagainstus? or whoshall enterinto our habitations? But I will punishyou according to the fruitof your doings, saiththe LORD: and I will kindlea firein the forestthereof, and it shall devourall thingsround aboutit.