1The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchijah, 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

2"Please inquire of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us: perhaps 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 Jeremiah said to them, "You shall tell Zedekiah:

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4'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, "Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather 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

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

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

6I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: 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

7Afterward," says the Lord, "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life: and he shall strike 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

8To this people you shall say, "Thus says 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 who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to 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 on this city for evil, and not for good,' says 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

11Touching the house of the king of Judah, hear the word of the Lord:

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

12'House of David, thus says the Lord, "Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so 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 you, O inhabitant of the valley, and of the rock of the plain," says the Lord; "you that 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

14I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings," says the Lord; "and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is around her."'"

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