Jeremiah 21:3-7

Expanded Bible

³ But Jeremiah answered them, “Tell King Zedekiah this: ⁴ ‘Here is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: You have weapons of war in your hands to defend yourselves against the king of Babylon and the ·Babylonians [^LChaldeans], who are all around the city wall. But I will ·make those weapons useless [turn them against you]. Soon I will ·bring [assemble] them [^Cthe weapons] into the center of this city. ⁵ In my anger, my ·very great anger [fury and great wrath], I myself will fight against you with my ·great power [outstretched hand] and ·strength [strong arm]. ⁶ I will ·kill [strike] ·everything living in Jerusalem [^Lthe inhabitants of this city]—both people and animals. They will die from ·terrible diseases [plagues; pestilence]. ⁷ Then, says the Lord, I’ll hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in Jerusalem who do not die from the ·terrible diseases [plagues; pestilence] or ·battle [^Lsword] or ·hunger [famine], ·to [^Linto the hands of] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon [^Land into the hands of their enemies]. ·I will let those win who want to kill the people of Judah [^L…and into the hands of those who seek their lives], so ·the people of Judah and Jerusalem will be killed in war [^Lhe will strike them with the edge of the sword]. Nebuchadnezzar will not show any mercy or pity or ·feel sorry [compassion] for them!’