Jerusalem Will Fall to Babylon
This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said, Jer 29:25Jer 37:3Jer 38:1Jer 52:241Ch 9:122Ki 24:17-182Ki 25:18-21Jer 32:1-3 “Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar 1king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.” Jer 37:3Ezk 20:1-3Jer 37:7Jer 42:4-61Ki 14:2-31Sa 28:151Sa 28:6Psa 44:1-4
But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans 2who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city. Isa 13:4Isa 5:5Jer 32:5Jer 33:5Jer 37:8-10Jer 38:17-18Zec 14:2Jer 38:2-3 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. Isa 63:10Exo 6:6Isa 5:25Jer 32:17Deu 4:34Exo 9:15Isa 9:17Isa 9:21 I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’ Ezk 14:13Ezk 14:17Ezk 14:19Ezk 14:21Hos 4:3Isa 6:11Jer 12:3-4Jer 32:24
‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’ Jer 37:172Ki 25:5-7Hab 1:6-10Ezk 17:20-21Ezk 7:92Ki 25:18-21Deu 28:50Jer 13:14
Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. Deu 30:19Deu 30:15Deu 11:26Isa 1:19-20 Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war. Jer 38:2Jer 39:18Jer 45:5Jer 14:12Jer 38:17-23Jer 21:7Jer 27:13 For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’ Jer 44:11Amo 9:4Jer 44:27Ezk 15:7Jer 52:132Ch 36:19Jer 34:2Jer 38:18
A Message to the House of David
Moreover, tell the house of the king of Judah to hear the word of the LORD. Jer 17:20Mic 3:1Jer 13:18 O house of David, this is what the LORD says: Isa 1:17Jer 4:4Pro 31:8-9Isa 1:31Jer 22:2-3Zec 7:9-11Ezk 20:47-48Jer 17:4
‘Administer justice every morning,
and rescue the victim of robbery
from the hand of his oppressor,
or My wrath will go forth like fire
and burn with no one to extinguish it
because of their evil deeds.
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, Lam 4:12Ezk 13:8Oba 1:3-4Jer 23:30-32Jer 49:4-5Jer 50:31Mic 3:11Psa 125:2
atop the rocky plateau—
declares the LORD—
you who say, “Who can come against us?
Who can enter our dwellings?”
I will punish you as your deeds deserve, Isa 3:10-11Jer 32:19Pro 1:312Ch 36:19Jer 17:10Jer 52:13Ezk 20:46-48Gal 6:7-8
declares the LORD.
I will kindle a fire in your forest
that will consume everything around you.’”