Jeremiah 21:3-7

Evangelical Heritage Version

Tell Zedekiah that ⁴ the Lord, the God of Israel, says this.

I will certainly turn the weapons of war in your hands against you, the ones you are using to fight against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans,^[a] who are outside your wall besieging you. And I will bring them inside this city.

⁵ I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with furious anger and great wrath. ⁶ I will strike those who live in this city, both man and animal. They will die of a terrible plague. ⁷ Afterward, says the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, those who serve him, and the people in this city who survive the plague, sword, and famine. I will deliver them into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who seek their lives. He will strike them with the sword. He will show them no compassion, no pity, and no mercy.