Jeremiah 32:3
32:3 For King Zedekiah
had confined Jeremiah there after he had reproved him for prophesying as he did. He had asked Jeremiah, “Why do you keep prophesying these things? Why do you keep saying that the
Lord says, ‘I will hand this city over to the king of Babylon? I will let him capture it.
Jeremiah 32:25
32:25 The city is sure to fall into the hands of the Babylonians.
Yet, in spite of this,
you, Lord
God,
have said to me, “Buy that field with silver and have the transaction legally witnessed.”’”
Jeremiah 32:36
32:36 “You and your people are right in saying, ‘War, starvation, and disease are sure to make this city fall into the hands of the king of Babylon.’ But now I, the Lord God of Israel, have something further to say about this city:
Jeremiah 21:4-7
21:4 that the
Lord, the God of Israel, says,
‘The forces at your disposal
are now outside the walls fighting against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and the Babylonians
who have you under siege. I will gather those forces back inside the city.
21:5 In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength!
21:6 I will kill everything living in Jerusalem,
people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.
21:7 Then
I, the
Lord, promise that
I will hand over King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and any of the people who survive the war, starvation, and disease. I will hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and to their enemies who want to kill them. He will slaughter them with the sword. He will not show them any mercy, compassion, or pity.’
Jeremiah 37:6-10
37:6 The
Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,
37:7 “The
Lord God of Israel says, ‘Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him.
Tell him, “The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.
37:8 Then the Babylonian forces
will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.
37:9 Moreover, I, the
Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces
will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.
37:10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces
fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”