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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.

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.

And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.

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.

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.

Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:

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.

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,

And the residue of the number of archers, the mighty men of the children of Kedar, shall be diminished: for the LORD God of Israel hath spoken it.

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Within a year, according to the years of an hireling, and all the glory of Kedar shall fail:

For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, and from the bent bow, and from the grievousness of war.

The inhabitants of the land of Tema brought water to him that was thirsty, they prevented with their bread him that fled.

The burden upon Arabia. In the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O ye travelling companies of Dedanim.

The watchman said, The morning cometh, and also the night: if ye will enquire, enquire ye: return, come.

The burden of Dumah. He calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

O my threshing, and the corn of my floor: that which I have heard of the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, have I declared unto you.

And, behold, here cometh a chariot of men, with a couple of horsemen. And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground.

And he cried, A lion: My lord, I stand continually upon the watchtower in the daytime, and I am set in my ward whole nights:

And he saw a chariot with a couple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, and a chariot of camels; and he hearkened diligently with much heed:

For thus hath the LORD said unto me, Go, set a watchman, let him declare what he seeth.

Prepare the table, watch in the watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye princes, and anoint the shield.

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.

A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.

The burden of the desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land.

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

A wicked man hardeneth his face: but as for the upright, he directeth his way.

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

The sacrifice of the wicked is abomination: how much more, when he bringeth it with a wicked mind?