Jeremiah 34:2 Cross References - Thomson

² Thus said the Lord, Go to Sedekias king of Juda and say to him, Thus said the Lord, This city shall assuredly be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon; and he shall take it, and burn it with fire.

¹¹ Sedekias was twenty one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, ¹² and did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and was not brought to a sense of shame by Jeremias, the prophet, speaking from the mouth of the Lord,

⁴ Thus saith the Lord, Behold I turn back the weapons of war with which you fight against the Chaldeans who have besieged you without the wall. And I will bring them into this city.

¹⁰ For I have set my face against this city for evils and not for good. It shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.

¹ Thus saith the Lord, Go down to the house of the king of Juda and thou shalt speak there this word ² and say, Hear a word of the Lord, king of Juda, who art seated on the throne of David, thou and thy household and thy people and they who enter in at these gates!

³ to which king Sedekias had confined him, saying, "Why dost thou prophesy and say, thus said the Lord, Behold I deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon and he shall take it;

²⁸ Therefore thus said the Lord the God of Israel, This city will assuredly be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon, and he will take it. ²⁹ And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come and burn this city with fire; and they will burn those houses on the tops of which they have offered incense to Baal and poured out libations to strange gods, to provoke me.

²² behold I am about to issue orders, saith the Lord, and I will cause them to return to this city. And they shall fight against it, and take it and burn it with fire. And I will make the cities of Juda a desolation, without inhabitants.

¹ When Sedekias son of Josias, whom Nabuchodonosar had made king over Juda, reigned in the room of Joakim, ² and neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land hearkened to the words which the Lord spoke by the ministry of Jeremias and king Sedekias: ³ sent Joachel son of Selemias and Sophonias son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias saying, Pray now to the Lord for us. ⁴ [Now Jeremias went out and came in through the midst of the city and they had not committed him to prison,

⁸ and the Chaldeans shall return and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire. ⁹ For thus said the Lord, Flatter not yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans are retreating; they will depart from us." For they shall not depart. ¹⁰ Nay, though you should smite all the army of the Chaldeans who are warring against you and only some wounded men should be left, every one in his place; these shall rise up and burn this city with fire.

²³ And thy wives and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans. And thou shalt not escape. For by the hand of the king of Babylon thou shalt be taken and this city shall be burned."

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