3Then said Jeremiah to them, Thus shall you tell Zedekiah:
4Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you, without the walls; and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
5I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and with a strong arm, even in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
6I will strike the inhabitants of this city, both man and animal: they shall die of a great pestilence.
7Afterward, says Yahweh, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, even 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 who seek their life: and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
9He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and passes over to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey.
