Jerusalem Will Fall to Nebuchadnezzar

Jeremiah 21

1 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD when a King Zedekiah sent to him b Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and c Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, 2 d "Please inquire of the LORD for us, for 1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon makes war against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us."

3 Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, 4 'Thus says the LORD God of Israel: "Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon and the 2 Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls; and e I will assemble them in the midst of this city. 5 "I f Myself will fight against you with an g outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger and fury and great wrath. 6 "I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 "And afterward," says the LORD, h "I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. i He shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy." '

8 "Now you shall say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, j I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 "He who k remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and 3 defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall l live, and his life shall be as a prize to him. 10 "For I have m set My face against this city for adversity and not for good," says the LORD. n "It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall o burn it with fire." '

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:17
    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
    2 Kings 24:18
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
    Jeremiah 32:1 - 3
    The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
    Jeremiah 37:1
    Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
    Jeremiah 52:1 - 3
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 9:12
    Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer.
    Jeremiah 38:1
    Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:18
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
    Jeremiah 29:25
    Thus speaks the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying.
    Jeremiah 37:3
    And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "Pray now to the LORD our God for us.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 9:28
    "Entreat the LORD, that there may be no more mi...
    1 Samuel 9:9
    (Formerly in Israel, when a man went to inquire...
    Jeremiah 37:3
    And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of S...
    Jeremiah 37:7
    Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, 'Thus yo...
    Ezekiel 14:7
    For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the st...
    Ezekiel 20:1 - 3
    It came to pass in the seventh year, in the fif...
  5. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:4
    The noise of a multitude in the mountains, Like that of many people! A tumultuous noise of the kingdoms of nations gathered together! The LORD of hosts musters The army for battle.
    Jeremiah 39:3
    Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: NergalShare'zer, SamgarNe'bo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, NergalSare'zer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.
    Lamentations 2:5
    The Lord was like an enemy. He has swallowed up Israel, He has swallowed up all her palaces; He has destroyed her strongholds, And has increased mourning and lamentation In the daughter of Judah.
    Lamentations 2:7
    The Lord has spurned His altar, He has abandoned His sanctuary; He has given up the walls of her palaces Into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of the LORD As on the day of a set feast.
    Zechariah 14:2
    For I will gather all the nations to battle against Jerusalem; The city shall be taken, The houses rifled, And the women ravished. Half of the city shall go into captivity, But the remnant of the people shall not be cut off from the city.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:24
    Look, the siege mounds! They have come to the city to take it; and the city has been given into the hand of the Chaldeans who fight against it, because of the sword and famine and pestilence. What You have spoken has happened; there You see it!
    Jeremiah 33:5
    They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but only to fill their places with the dead bodies of men whom I will slay in My anger and My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.
    Isaiah 63:10
    But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit; So He turned Himself against them as an enemy, And He fought against them.
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 6:6
    Therefore say to the children of Israel: 'I am the LORD; I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, I will rescue you from their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
    Deuteronomy 4:34
    Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
    Jeremiah 6:12
    And their houses shall be turned over to others, Fields and wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land," says the LORD.
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:5 - 7
    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho. All his army was scattered from him.
    2 Kings 25:18 - 21
    And the captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
    Jeremiah 37:17
    Then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. The king asked him secretly in his house, and said, "Is there any word from the LORD?" And Jeremiah said, "There is." Then he said, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon!
    Jeremiah 39:5
    But the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had captured him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
    Jeremiah 52:9
    So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he pronounced judgment on him.
  9. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 28:50
    A nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.
    2 Chronicles 36:17
    Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
    Jeremiah 13:14
    "And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together," says the LORD. "I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them." '"
    Ezekiel 7:9
    My eye will not spare, Nor will I have pity; I will repay you according to your ways, And your abominations will be in your midst. Then you shall know that I am the LORD who strikes.
    Habakkuk 1:6 - 10
    For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
  10. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 30:15
    See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
    Deuteronomy 30:19
    I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live.
    Isaiah 1:19
    If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land.
    Isaiah 1:20
    But if you refuse and rebel, You shall be devoured by the sword"; For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:2
    "Thus says the LORD: 'He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes over to the Chaldeans shall live; his life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.'
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 39:18
    "For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me," says the LORD.'"
  13. Cross References
    Leviticus 17:10
    And whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
    Jeremiah 44:11
    Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: 'Behold, I will set My face against you for catastrophe and for cutting off all Judah.
    Jeremiah 44:27
    Behold, I will watch over them for adversity and not for good. And all the men of Judah who are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword and by famine, until there is an end to them.
    Amos 9:4
    Though they go into captivity before their enemies, From there I will command the sword, And it shall slay them. I will set My eyes on them for harm and not for good.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:3
    "Thus says the LORD: 'This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.'"
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:9
    He burned the house of the LORD and the king's house; all the houses of Jerusalem, that is, all the houses of the great, he burned with fire.
    2 Chronicles 36:19
    Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions.
    Jeremiah 34:2
    Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, "Thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
    Jeremiah 34:22
    'Behold, I will command,' says the LORD, 'and cause them to return to this city. They will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.'"
    Jeremiah 37:10
    'For though you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, they would rise up, every man in his tent, and burn the city with fire.'"
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