1The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying,

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Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 29:25, Jeremiah 52:24

2Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.

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Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 37:7, Ezekiel 20:1, Ezekiel 20:3

3Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

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4Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city.

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Jeremiah 33:5, Isaiah 5:5, Jeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 37:8, Jeremiah 37:10

5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath.

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Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 63:10, Isaiah 5:25, Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 63:10

6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

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Jeremiah 12:3, Jeremiah 12:4, Ezekiel 14:19, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:21

7And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are 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 that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

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Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 37:17, Habakkuk 1:6, Habakkuk 1:10, 2 Kings 25:5

8And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

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Deuteronomy 30:19, Deuteronomy 30:19, Deuteronomy 30:15, Deuteronomy 30:15, Deuteronomy 11:26

9He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.

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Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 45:5, Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 45:5

10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 44:27, Amos 9:4, Jeremiah 44:27

11And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the Lord;

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Jeremiah 17:20, Jeremiah 17:20, Micah 3:1, Micah 3:1, Jeremiah 13:18

12O house of David, thus saith the Lord; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

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Isaiah 1:17, Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 4:4, Proverbs 31:8, Proverbs 31:9

13Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the Lord; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations?

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Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:4, Lamentations 4:12, Ezekiel 13:8, Obadiah 1:3

14But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the Lord: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.

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Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Proverbs 1:31