Jeremiah 21:7-9

New American Standard Bible 1995

⁷ Then afterwards,” declares the Lord, “^(A)I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who survive in this city from the pestilence, the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their foes and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He ^(B)will not spare them nor have pity nor compassion.”’

⁸ “You shall also say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I ^(C)set before you the way of life and the way of death. ⁹ He who ^(D)dwells in this city will die by the ^(E)sword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty.