Jeremiah 21

¹ The word that has been unto Jeremiah from Yahweh, in the king Zedekiah's sending unto him Pashhur son of Malchiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, ² "Inquire, we pray you, for us at Yahweh, for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has fought against us; perhaps Yahweh does deal with us according to all His wonders, and does cause him to go up from off us." ³ And Jeremiah said unto them, "Thus do you say unto Zedekiah, ⁴ Thus said Yahweh, Elohim of Israel: Lo, I am turning round the weapons of battle That [are] in your hand, With which you do fight the king of Babylon, And the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against you, At the outside of the wall, And I have gathered them into the midst of this city, ⁵ And I - I have fought against you, With a stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm, And in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath, ⁶ And I have smitten the inhabitants of this city, Both man and beast, By a great pestilence do they die. ⁷ And after this - an affirmation of Yahweh, I give Zedekiah king of Judah, And his servants, and the people, And those left in this city, From the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, Into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, And into the hand of their enemies, And into the hand of those seeking their life, And he has smitten them by the mouth of the sword, He has no pity on them, Nor does he spare, nor has he mercy. ⁸ And unto this people you do say, Thus said Yahweh: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death! ⁹ Whoso is abiding in this city - dies, By sword, and by famine, and by pestilence, And whoso is going forth, And has fallen unto the Chaldeans, Who are laying siege against you - lives, And his life has been to him for a spoil. ¹⁰ For I have set My face against this city for evil, And not for good - an affirmation of Yahweh. Into the hand of the king of Babylon it is given, And he has burned it with fire. ¹¹ And as to the house of the king of Judah, Hear you a word of Yahweh; ¹² O house of David, thus said Yahweh: Decide you judgment at morning, And deliver the plundered from the hand of the oppressor, Lest My fury go forth as fire, And has burned, and none is quenching, Because of the evil of your doings. ¹³ Lo, I [am] against you - an affirmation of Yahweh, O inhabitant of the valley, rock of the plain, Who are saying, Who comes down against us? And who comes into our habitations? ¹⁴ And I have laid a charge against you, According to the fruit of your doings, An affirmation of Yahweh, And I have kindled a fire in its forest, And it has consumed - all its suburbs!"