⁴‘Thus says the Lord God of Israel, “Behold, I am about to ^aturn back the weapons of war which are in your hands, with which you are warring against the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the wall; and I will ^bgather them into the center of this city.

⁵“I ^aMyself will war against you with an ^boutstretched hand and a mighty arm, even in ^canger and wrath and great indignation.

⁶“I will also strike down the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast; they will die of a great ^apestilence.

⁷“Then afterwards,” declares the Lord, “^aI will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He ^bwill not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.” ’

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Cross references

a Jer 32:5; 33:5; 37:8–10; 38:2, 3, 17, 18
b Is 5:5; 13:4; Jer 39:3; Lam 2:5, 7; Zech 14:2
a Is 63:10
b Ex 6:6; Deut 4:34; Jer 6:12
c Is 5:25; Jer 32:37
a Jer 14:12; 32:24
a 2 Kin 25:5–7, 18–21; Jer 37:17; 39:5–9; 52:9
b 2 Chr 36:17; Jer 13:14; Ezek 7:9; Hab 1:6–10