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Jeremiah Chapter 21

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Jeremiah

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In Jeremiah 21 the prophet declares that God will punish the house of Judah for its sin, especially the king’s iniquity, and that the people will be taken into exile. He also tells that God will judge the nations and that a new covenant will bring hope of restoration.

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(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,
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Jeremiah 32:1Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 32:3Jeremiah 37:1Jeremiah 52:1Jeremiah 52:2Jeremiah 52:3II Kings 24:17II Kings 24:18I Chronicles 3:15II Chronicles 36:10II Chronicles 36:11

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Jeremiah 37:3Jeremiah 20:3Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 51:59Jeremiah 38:1

(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.
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Jeremiah 37:3Jeremiah 37:7Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 38:15Jeremiah 38:16Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 38:20Jeremiah 38:21Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 38:23

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II Kings 24:16Isaiah 59:6Galatians 2:16James 2:18Jeremiah 24:1Jeremiah 52:12

(3) Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
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Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 38:6

(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.
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Jeremiah 32:5Jeremiah 33:5Jeremiah 37:8Jeremiah 37:9Jeremiah 37:10Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 52:18Isaiah 10:4Hosea 9:12

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Deuteronomy 1:41II Kings 24:16Jeremiah 52:7Jeremiah 40:5II Chronicles 35:22Ezekiel 33:11

(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.
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Isaiah 63:10Lamentations 2:4Lamentations 2:5Jeremiah 32:17Exodus 6:6Exodus 9:15Deuteronomy 4:23Isaiah 5:25Isaiah 9:12Isaiah 9:17Isaiah 9:21Isaiah 10:4

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Jeremiah 32:37Jeremiah 33:5Jeremiah 42:18Ezekiel 5:13Ezekiel 13:13Proverbs 21:14

(6) And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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Jeremiah 7:20Jeremiah 12:3Jeremiah 12:4Jeremiah 33:12Jeremiah 36:29Genesis 6:7Isaiah 6:11Isaiah 24:1Isaiah 24:2Isaiah 24:3Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 24:5

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Revelation 4:7Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Leviticus 24:18Ezekiel 14:21

(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.
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Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 34:19Jeremiah 34:20Jeremiah 34:21Jeremiah 34:22Jeremiah 37:17Jeremiah 38:21Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 39:4

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Jeremiah 46:26Jeremiah 44:30Zechariah 11:6Jeremiah 27:8Ezekiel 7:15Jeremiah 29:21

(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.
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Deuteronomy 11:26Deuteronomy 30:15Deuteronomy 30:19Isaiah 1:19Isaiah 1:20

(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.
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Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 27:13Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 38:20Jeremiah 38:21Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 39:18Jeremiah 45:5

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Jeremiah 38:2Romans 14:8II Kings 7:4Ezekiel 7:15Ezekiel 6:12Deuteronomy 19:5

(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.
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Jeremiah 44:11Jeremiah 44:27Leviticus 17:10Leviticus 20:3Leviticus 20:4Leviticus 20:5Leviticus 26:17Psalms 34:16Ezekiel 15:7Amos 9:4Jeremiah 17:27Jeremiah 26:6

(11) And touching the house of the king of Judah, say, Hear ye the word of the LORD;
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Jeremiah 13:18Jeremiah 17:20Micah 3:1

(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.
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Isaiah 7:2Isaiah 7:13Luke 1:69Jeremiah 5:28Jeremiah 22:2Jeremiah 22:3Jeremiah 22:15Jeremiah 22:16Jeremiah 22:17Jeremiah 23:5II Samuel 8:15Psalms 72:1

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Jeremiah 4:4Jeremiah 22:3Isaiah 51:13Exodus 12:10Exodus 30:7Leviticus 6:12

(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?
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Jeremiah 21:5Jeremiah 23:30Jeremiah 23:31Jeremiah 23:32Jeremiah 50:31Jeremiah 51:25Exodus 13:8Exodus 13:20Psalms 125:2Isaiah 22:1Jeremiah 7:4Jeremiah 49:4

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Joshua 11:16Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16

(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.
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Jeremiah 9:25Jeremiah 11:22Isaiah 10:12Isaiah 24:21Jeremiah 6:29Jeremiah 17:10Jeremiah 32:19Proverbs 1:31Isaiah 3:10Isaiah 3:11Galatians 6:7Galatians 6:8

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Deuteronomy 28:4Deuteronomy 28:11Deuteronomy 30:9Ezekiel 47:12Matthew 12:33John 15:2

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