1 verbum quod factum est ad Hieremiam a Domino
quando misit ad eum rex Sedecias Phassur filium Melchiae
et Sophoniam filium Maasiae sacerdotem dicens
2 interroga pro nobis Dominum
quia Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis proeliatur adversum nos
si forte faciat Dominus nobiscum secundum omnia mirabilia sua
et recedat a nobis
3 et dixit Hieremias ad eos sic dicetis Sedeciae
4 haec dicit Dominus Deus Israhel
ecce ego convertam vasa belli quae in manibus vestris sunt
et quibus vos pugnatis adversum regem Babylonis
et Chaldeos qui obsident vos in circuitu murorum
et congregabo ea in medio civitatis huius
5 et debellabo ego vos in manu extenta et brachio forti
et in furore et in indignatione et in ira grandi
6 et percutiam habitatores civitatis huius
homines et bestiae pestilentia magna morientur
7 et post haec ait Dominus dabo Sedeciam regem Iuda
et servos eius et populum eius
et qui derelicti sunt in civitate hac a peste et gladio et fame
in manu Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis
et in manu inimicorum eorum
et in manu quaerentium animam eorum
et percutiet eos in ore gladii
et non movebitur neque parcet nec
miserebitur
8 et ad populum hunc dices haec dicit Dominus
ecce ego do coram vobis viam vitae et viam mortis
9 qui habitaverit in urbe hac morietur gladio et fame et peste
qui autem egressus fuerit
et transfugerit ad Chaldeos qui obsident vos
vivet et erit ei anima sua quasi spolium
10 posui enim faciem meam super civitatem hanc in malum
et non in bonum ait Dominus
in manu regis Babylonis dabitur et exuret eam igni
11 et domui regis Iuda
audite verbum Domini
12 domus David haec dicit Dominus
iudicate mane iudicium
et eruite vi oppressum de manu calumniantis
ne forte egrediatur ut ignis indignatio mea
et succendatur et non sit qui extinguat
propter malitiam studiorum vestrorum
13 ecce ego ad te habitatricem vallis solidae atque campestris
ait Dominus
qui dicitis quis percutiet nos et quis ingredietur domos nostras
14 et visitabo super vos iuxta fructum studiorum vestrorum
dicit Dominus
et succendam ignem in saltu eius et devorabit omnia in circuitu eius
1 The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 2 Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.
3 ¶ Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah: 4 Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, wherewith ye fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you without the walls, and I will assemble them into the midst of this city. 5 And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath. 6 And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7 And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8 ¶ And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. 10 For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
11 ¶ And touching the house of the king of Judah, say , Hear ye the word of the LORD; 12 O house of David, thus saith the LORD; Execute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my fury go out like fire, and burn that none can quench it , because of the evil of your doings. 13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? 14 But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, saith the LORD: and I will kindle a fire in the forest thereof, and it shall devour all things round about it.