My LORD’s BibleJeremiah 21
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,
הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר־הָיָה אֶל־יִרְמְיָהוּ מֵאֵת יְהוָה בִּשְׁלֹחַ אֵלָיו הַמֶּלֶךְ צִדְקִיָּהוּ אֶת־פַּשְׁחוּר בֶּן־מַלְכִּיָּה וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָה בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָה הַכֹּהֵן לֵאמֹר׃ (4820)
See also: Jeremiah 37:3, Jeremiah 29:25, 2 Kings 25:18, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 38:14, 2 Kings 24:17-18, 1 Chronicles 9:12, Jeremiah 32:1-3, Jeremiah 37:1, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 52:1-3, 2 Kings 22:13, 1 Chronicles 3:15, 2 Chronicles 34:8, 2 Chronicles 36:10-13, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Nehemiah 11:12, Jeremiah 1:3, Ezekiel 14:7
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.
דְּרָשׁ־נָא בַעֲדֵנוּ אֶת־יְהוָה כִּי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל נִלְחָם עָלֵינוּ אוּלַי יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה אֹותָנוּ כְּכָל־נִפְלְאֹתָיו וְיַעֲלֶה מֵעָלֵינוּ׃ (4030)
See also: 2 Chronicles 18:4, Jeremiah 37:3, 1 Kings 22:5, Jeremiah 37:7, Jeremiah 42:4-6, Ezekiel 20:1-3, 1 Samuel 28:6, 1 Samuel 28:15, 1 Kings 14:2-3, 2 Chronicles 34:21, Psalms 44:1-4, Isaiah 48:2, Jeremiah 15:11, Ezekiel 7:26, Exodus 14:1-15, Joshua 10:1-11, Judges 4:1-5, Judges 20:27, 1 Samuel 7:10-12, 1 Samuel 10:22
3Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
וַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ אֲלֵיהֶם כֹּה תֹאמְרֻן אֶל־צִדְקִיָּהוּ׃ (1576)
See also: 2 Chronicles 34:23
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.
כֹּה־אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הִנְנִי מֵסֵב אֶת־כְּלֵי הַמִּלְחָמָה אֲשֶׁר בְּיֶדְכֶם אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם נִלְחָמִים בָּם אֶת־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל וְאֶת־הַכַּשְׂדִּים הַצָּרִים עֲלֵיכֶם מִחוּץ לַחֹומָה וְאָסַפְתִּי אֹותָם אֶל־תֹּוךְ הָעִיר הַזֹּאת׃ (7642)
See also: Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 13:4, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 33:5, Jeremiah 37:8-10, Jeremiah 1:18, Jeremiah 20:4, Jeremiah 38:17-18, Jeremiah 39:3, Zechariah 14:2, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 35:17, Jeremiah 38:2-3, Lamentations 1:17, Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 2:7, Ezekiel 39:3, Hosea 10:10, Habakkuk 1:6
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.
וְנִלְחַמְתִּי אֲנִי אִתְּכֶם בְּיָד נְטוּיָה וּבִזְרֹועַ חֲזָקָה וּבְאַף וּבְחֵמָה וּבְקֶצֶף גָּדֹול׃ (2044)
See also: Isaiah 63:10, Ezekiel 20:33, Exodus 6:6, Isaiah 5:25, Jeremiah 32:17, Exodus 9:15, Leviticus 26:28, Deuteronomy 4:34, Isaiah 9:17, Isaiah 9:21, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 6:12, Lamentations 2:4, Deuteronomy 4:23, Isaiah 9:12, Isaiah 10:4, Jeremiah 21:13, Jeremiah 32:37, Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 44:6
6And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
וְהִכֵּיתִי אֶת־יֹושְׁבֵי הָעִיר הַזֹּאת וְאֶת־הָאָדָם וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָה בְּדֶבֶר גָּדֹול יָמֻתוּ׃ (3506)
See also: Deuteronomy 28:21, Isaiah 6:11, Jeremiah 12:3-4, Jeremiah 32:24, Jeremiah 33:12, Ezekiel 14:13, Ezekiel 14:17, Ezekiel 14:19, Ezekiel 14:21, Hosea 4:3, Zephaniah 1:3, Genesis 6:7, Isaiah 24:1-6, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 14:12, Jeremiah 25:18, Jeremiah 34:17, Jeremiah 36:29, Jeremiah 42:22, Jeremiah 50:3
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.
וְאַחֲרֵי־כֵן נְאֻם־יְהוָה אֶתֵּן אֶת־צִדְקִיָּהוּ מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָה וְאֶת־עֲבָדָיו ׀ וְאֶת־הָעָם וְאֶת־הַנִּשְׁאָרִים בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת מִן־הַדֶּבֶר ׀ מִן־הַחֶרֶב וּמִן־הָרָעָב בְּיַד נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶל וּבְיַד אֹיְבֵיהֶם וּבְיַד מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשָׁם וְהִכָּם לְפִי־חֶרֶב לֹא־יָחוּס עֲלֵיהֶם וְלֹא יַחְמֹל וְלֹא יְרַחֵם׃ (8145)
See also: Jeremiah 37:17, Deuteronomy 7:16, 2 Kings 25:5-7, Jeremiah 22:25, Jeremiah 34:3, Habakkuk 1:6-10, Jeremiah 15:5, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 17:20-21, Deuteronomy 28:50, 2 Kings 25:18-21, Jeremiah 13:14, Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 34:20, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 52:8-11, Ezekiel 23:28, 2 Kings 25:6, 2 Chronicles 36:17-20, Isaiah 13:17-18
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.
וְאֶל־הָעָם הַזֶּה תֹּאמַר כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה הִנְנִי נֹתֵן לִפְנֵיכֶם אֶת־דֶּרֶךְ הַחַיִּים וְאֶת־דֶּרֶךְ הַמָּוֶת׃ (3727)
See also: Deuteronomy 30:19, Deuteronomy 30:15, Deuteronomy 11:26, Proverbs 6:23, Isaiah 1:19-20, Proverbs 15:24, Jeremiah 38:17, Jeremiah 38:2, Ezekiel 18:31, Micah 6:16
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.
הַיֹּשֵׁב בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת יָמוּת בַּחֶרֶב וּבָרָעָב וּבַדָּבֶר וְהַיֹּוצֵא וְנָפַל עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּים הַצָּרִים עֲלֵיכֶם [יִחְיֶה כ] (וְחָיָה ק) וְהָיְתָה־לֹּו נַפְשֹׁו לְשָׁלָל׃ (4922)
See also: Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 45:5, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 14:12, Jeremiah 27:11, Jeremiah 38:17-23, Ezekiel 5:12, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 27:13, Jeremiah 37:13, Isaiah 3:25, Jeremiah 44:13, Jeremiah 52:6, Ezekiel 14:19
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.
כִּי שַׂמְתִּי פָנַי בָּעִיר הַזֹּאת לְרָעָה וְלֹא לְטֹובָה נְאֻם־יְהוָה בְּיַד־מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל תִּנָּתֵן וּשְׂרָפָהּ בָּאֵשׁ׃ (4060)
See also: Jeremiah 44:11, Jeremiah 44:27, Amos 9:4, 1 Peter 3:12, Jeremiah 32:29, Jeremiah 34:2, Jeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 52:13, Ezekiel 15:7, Leviticus 17:10, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Jeremiah 33:5, Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 39:8, Ezekiel 24:11, Amos 2:5, Leviticus 26:17, Psalms 34:16, Jeremiah 38:23, Leviticus 20:3-5
11And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
וּלְבֵית מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר־יְהוָה׃ (1216)
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.
בֵּית דָּוִד כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה דִּינוּ לַבֹּקֶר מִשְׁפָּט וְהַצִּילוּ גָזוּל מִיַּד עֹושֵׁק פֶּן־תֵּצֵא כָאֵשׁ חֲמָתִי וּבָעֲרָה וְאֵין מְכַבֶּה מִפְּנֵי רֹעַ [מַעַלְלֵיהֶם כ] (מַעַלְלֵיכֶם׃ ק) (5124)
See also: Psalms 101:8, Isaiah 1:17, Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 22:3, Proverbs 31:8-9, Deuteronomy 4:24, Isaiah 1:31, Jeremiah 22:2-3, Zechariah 7:9-11, Ecclesiastes 10:16, Jeremiah 5:28, Jeremiah 7:20, Jeremiah 17:4, Jeremiah 23:2, Jeremiah 36:7, Ezekiel 20:47-48, Nahum 1:6, Zephaniah 3:5, Exodus 36:3, Isaiah 7:2
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?
הִנְנִי אֵלַיִךְ יֹשֶׁבֶת הָעֵמֶק צוּר הַמִּישֹׁר נְאֻם־יְהוָה הָאֹמְרִים מִי־יֵחַת עָלֵינוּ וּמִי יָבֹוא בִּמְעֹונֹותֵינוּ׃ (3716)
See also: Lamentations 4:12, Nahum 2:13, Isaiah 22:1, Ezekiel 13:8, Ezekiel 21:3, Obadiah 1:3-4, Psalms 125:2, Jeremiah 23:30-32, Jeremiah 49:4-5, Jeremiah 50:31, Ezekiel 34:10, Micah 3:11, 2 Samuel 5:6-7, Jeremiah 10:17, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 49:16, Ezekiel 5:8, Exodus 13:8, Isaiah 42:11, Jeremiah 7:4
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.
וּפָקַדְתִּי עֲלֵיכֶם כִּפְרִי מַעַלְלֵיכֶם נְאֻם־יְהוָה וְהִצַּתִּי אֵשׁ בְּיַעְרָהּ וְאָכְלָה כָּל־סְבִיבֶיהָ׃ (2737)
See also: Jeremiah 17:10, Isaiah 3:10-11, Jeremiah 17:27, Ezekiel 20:47, Proverbs 1:31, Jeremiah 32:19, Jeremiah 50:32, 2 Chronicles 36:19, Jeremiah 52:13, Isaiah 10:18-19, Jeremiah 9:25, Jeremiah 22:7, Ezekiel 20:46-48, Galatians 6:7-8, Isaiah 10:12, Isaiah 24:21, Isaiah 27:10-11, Isaiah 37:24, Jeremiah 6:29, Jeremiah 11:16