American Standard Version (ASV) With Strong Codes

1. The word[H1697] which came unto Jeremiah[H3414] from Jehovah[H3068], when king[H4428] Zedekiah[H6667] sent[H7971] unto him Pashhur[H6583] the son[H1121] of Malchijah[H4441], and Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641], the priest[H3548], saying[H559],

2. Inquire[H1875], I pray thee[H3068], of Jehovah for us[H1157]; for Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] maketh war[H3898] against us[H3068]: peradventure Jehovah will deal[H6213] with us according to all his wondrous works[H6381], that he may go up from us[H5927].

3. Then said[H559] Jeremiah[H3414] unto them[H559], Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah[H6667]:

4. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Behold[H5437], I will turn back the weapons[H3627] of war[H4421] that are in your hands[H3027], wherewith ye fight[H3898] against the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and against the Chaldeans[H3778] that besiege[H6696] you[H2351], without the walls[H2346]; and I will gather[H622] them into the midst[H8432] of this city[H5892].

5. And I myself will fight[H3898] against you with an outstretched[H5186] hand[H3027] and with a strong[H2389] arm[H2220], even in anger[H639], and in wrath[H2534], and in great[H1419] indignation[H7110].

6. And I will smite[H5221] the inhabitants[H3427] of this city[H5892], both man[H120] and beast[H929]: they shall die[H4191] of a great[H1419] pestilence[H1698].

7. And afterward[H310], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], I will deliver[H5414] Zedekiah[H6667] king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and his servants[H5650], and the people[H5971], even such as are left[H7604] in this city[H5892] from the pestilence[H1698], from the sword[H2719], and from the famine[H7458], into the hand[H3027] of Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and into the hand[H3027] of their enemies[H341], and into the hand[H3027] of those that seek[H1245] their life[H5315]: and he shall smite[H5221] them with the edge[H6310] of the sword[H2719]; he shall not spare[H2347] them[H2550], neither have pity, nor have mercy[H7355].

8. And unto this people[H5971] thou shalt say[H559], Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068]: Behold[H5414], I set before[H6440] you the way[H1870] of life[H2416] and the way[H1870] of death[H4194].

9. He that abideth[H3427] in this city[H5892] shall die[H4191] by the sword[H2719], and by the famine[H7458], and by the pestilence[H1698]; but he that goeth out[H3318], and passeth[H5307] over to the Chaldeans[H3778] that besiege[H6696] you[H2421], he shall live, and his life[H5315] shall be unto him for a prey[H7998].

10. For I have set[H7760] my face[H6440] upon this city[H5892] for evil[H7451], and not for good[H2896], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]: it shall be given[H5414] into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], and he shall burn[H8313] it with fire[H784].

11. And touching the house[H1004] of the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], hear[H8085] ye the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068]:

12. O house[H1004] of David[H1732], thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Execute[H1777] justice[H4941] in the morning[H1242], and deliver[H5337] him that is robbed[H1497] out of the hand[H3027] of the oppressor[H6231], lest my wrath[H2534] go forth[H3318] like fire[H784], and burn[H1197] so that none can quench[H3518] it[H6440], because of the evil[H7455] of your doings[H4611].

13. Behold[H3427], I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley[H6010], and of the rock[H6697] of the plain[H4334], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; you that say[H559], Who shall come down[H5181] against us[H935]? or who shall enter into our habitations[H4585]?

14. And I will punish[H6485] you according to the fruit[H6529] of your doings[H4611], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]; and I will kindle[H3341] a fire[H784] in her forest[H3293], and it shall devour[H398] all that is round about her[H5439].