1. The word which came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, when king Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying,
2. Enquire, I pray thee, of the Lord for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon makes war against us; peradventure the Lord will deal with us according to all his wondrous works, and he will go up from upon us.
3. And said Jeremiah unto them: Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah
4. Thus hath the Lord God of Israel said: Behold, I turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands with which ye fight against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans, which besiege you outside 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.