Jeremiah 21 (NET)

Jeremiah 21:1¹The Lord spoke to Jeremiah when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. Zedekiah sent them to Jeremiah to ask,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 29:25Jer 37:3Jer 38:1Jer 52:241 Chr 9:122 Kgs 24:17-182 Kgs 25:18-21Jer 32:1-3Jer 37:1Jer 52:1-3

Jeremiah 21:2²“Please ask the Lord to come and help us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 37:3Ezek 20:1-3Jer 37:7Jer 42:4-61 Kgs 14:2-31 Sam 28:151 Sam 28:6Ps 44:1-41 Kgs 22:3-81 Sam 10:22

Jeremiah 21:3³Jeremiah answered them, “Tell ZedekiahCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Jeremiah 21:4⁴that the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘The forces at your disposal are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 13:4Isa 5:5Jer 32:5Jer 33:5Jer 37:8-10Jer 38:17-18Zech 14:2Jer 38:2-3Jer 39:3Lam 2:5

Jeremiah 21:5⁵In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 63:10Exod 6:6Isa 5:25Jer 32:17Deut 4:34Exod 9:15Isa 9:17Isa 9:21Jer 6:12Deut 4:23

Jeremiah 21:6⁶I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, people and animals alike. They will die from terrible diseases.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 14:13Ezek 14:17Ezek 14:19Ezek 14:21Hos 4:3Isa 6:11Jer 12:3-4Jer 32:24Jer 33:12Zeph 1:3

Jeremiah 21:7⁷Then I, the Lord, promise that I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 37:172 Kgs 25:5-7Hab 1:6-10Ezek 17:20-21Ezek 7:92 Kgs 25:18-21Deut 28:50Jer 13:14Jer 52:8-112 Chr 36:17-20

Jeremiah 21:8⁸“But tell the people of Jerusalem that the Lord says, ‘I will give you a choice between two courses of action. One will result in life; the other will result in death.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 30:19Deut 30:15Deut 11:26Isa 1:19-20

Jeremiah 21:9⁹Those who stay in this city will die in battle or of starvation or disease. Those who leave the city and surrender to the Babylonians who are besieging it will live. They will escape with their lives.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 38:2Jer 39:18Jer 45:5Jer 14:12Jer 38:17-23Jer 21:7Jer 27:13

Jeremiah 21:10¹⁰For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 44:11Amos 9:4Jer 44:27Ezek 15:7Jer 52:132 Chr 36:19Jer 34:2Jer 38:18Jer 38:3Jer 39:8

Jeremiah 21:11¹¹The Lord told me to say to the royal court of Judah: “Listen to the Lord’ s message,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 17:20Mic 3:1Jer 13:18

Jeremiah 21:12¹²O royal family descended from David. The Lord says: ‘See to it that people each day are judged fairly. Deliver those who have been robbed from those who oppress them. Otherwise, my wrath will blaze out against you. It will burn like a fire that cannot be put out because of the evil that you have done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:17Jer 4:4Prov 31:8-9Isa 1:31Jer 22:2-3Zech 7:9-11Ezek 20:47-48Jer 17:4Jer 36:7Jer 5:28

Jeremiah 21:13¹³Listen, you who sit enthroned above the valley on a rocky plateau. I am opposed to you,’ says the Lord. ‘You boast, “No one can swoop down on us. No one can penetrate into our places of refuge.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lam 4:12Ezek 13:8Obad 1:3-4Jer 23:30-32Jer 49:4-5Jer 50:31Mic 3:11Ps 125:22 Sam 5:6-7Isa 22:1

Jeremiah 21:14¹⁴But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’ says the Lord. ‘I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 3:10-11Jer 32:19Prov 1:312 Chr 36:19Jer 17:10Jer 52:13Ezek 20:46-48Gal 6:7-8Isa 10:18-19Jer 9:25