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10 For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good, says the Lord; it shall be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.(A)

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10 I have determined to do this city harm(A) and not good, declares the Lord. It will be given into the hands(B) of the king of Babylon, and he will destroy it with fire.’(C)

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11 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I am determined to bring disaster on you, to bring all Judah to an end.(A)

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11 “Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty,(A) the God of Israel, says: I am determined to bring disaster(B) on you and to destroy all Judah.

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And though they go into captivity in front of their enemies,
    there I will command the sword, and it shall kill them;
and I will fix my eyes on them
    for harm and not for good.(A)

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Though they are driven into exile by their enemies,
    there I will command the sword(A) to slay them.

“I will keep my eye on them
    for harm(B) and not for good.(C)(D)

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27 I am going to watch over them for harm and not for good; all the people of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall perish by the sword and by famine until not one is left.(A)

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27 For I am watching(A) over them for harm,(B) not for good; the Jews in Egypt will perish(C) by sword and famine(D) until they are all destroyed.(E)

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I will set my face against them; although they escape from the fire, the fire shall still consume them, and you shall know that I am the Lord when I set my face against them.(A)

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I will set my face against(A) them. Although they have come out of the fire(B), the fire will yet consume them. And when I set my face against them, you will know that I am the Lord.(C)

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13 He burned the house of the Lord, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem; every great house he burned down.(A)

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13 He set fire(A) to the temple(B) of the Lord, the royal palace and all the houses(C) of Jerusalem. Every important building he burned down.

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The Chaldeans burned with fire the king’s house and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.(A)

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The Babylonians[a] set fire(A) to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls(B) of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:8 Or Chaldeans

18 But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be handed over to the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand.”(A)

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18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands(A) of the Babylonians and they will burn(B) it down; you yourself will not escape(C) from them.’”

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Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.”(A)

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And this is what the Lord says: ‘This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.’”(A)

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Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to King Zedekiah of Judah and say to him: Thus says the Lord: I am going to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.(A)

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“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah(A) king of Judah and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to give this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.(B)

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19 They burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious vessels.(A)

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19 They set fire(A) to God’s temple(B) and broke down the wall(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(D) everything of value there.(E)

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23 “All your wives and your children shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”(A)

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23 “All your wives and children(A) will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape(B) from their hands but will be captured(C) by the king of Babylon; and this city will[a] be burned down.”(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:23 Or and you will cause this city to

16 The face of the Lord is against evildoers,
    to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.(A)

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16 but the face of the Lord is against(A) those who do evil,(B)
    to blot out their name(C) from the earth.

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