Jeremiah 34:17-20

Zedekiah to Die in Babylon

¹⁷ "Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me _q by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; _a behold, I proclaim to you liberty _b to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. _c I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. ¹⁸ And the men who transgressed my covenant and did not keep the terms of _w the covenant that they made before me, I will make them like _{1 d} the calf that they cut in two and passed between its parts - ¹⁹ the officials of Judah, the officials of Jerusalem, _e the eunuchs, the priests, and all the people of the land who passed between the parts of the calf. ²⁰ And I will give them into the hand of their enemies _f and into the hand of those who seek their lives. _g Their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

1. Cross References
   Jeremiah 34:8
   The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them.
   
2. Cross References
   Matthew 7:2
   For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.
   Galatians 6:7
   Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap.
   James 2:13
   For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
   
3. Cross References
   Jeremiah 14:12
   Though they fast, I will not hear their cry, and though they offer burnt offering and grain offering, I will not accept them. But I will consume them by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.
   
4. Cross References
   Jeremiah 15:4
   And I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, did in Jerusalem.
   
5. Cross References
   Jeremiah 34:15
   You recently repented and did what was right in my eyes by proclaiming liberty, each to his neighbor, and you made a covenant before me in the house that is called by my name.
   
6. Cross References
   Genesis 15:10
   And he brought him all these, cut them in half, and laid each half over against the other. But he did not cut the birds in half.
   
7. Cross References
   Jeremiah 29:2
   This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem.
   
8. Cross References
   Jeremiah 22:25
   And give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
   
9. Cross References
   Jeremiah 7:33
   And the dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the air, and for the beasts of the earth, and none will frighten them away.