Jeremiah 21:6-9

English Standard Version

⁶ And I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast. They shall die of a great pestilence. ⁷ Afterward, declares the Lord, ^(A)I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. ^(B)He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.’

⁸ “And to this people you shall say: ^(C)‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, ^(D)I set before you the way of life and the way of death. ⁹ He who stays in this city shall die ^(E)by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and ^(F)surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live ^(G)and shall have his life as a prize of war.