Jeremiah 21:1-3

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King Nebuchadnezzar will take Jerusalem

21 The Lord gave another message to Jeremiah. King Zedekiah sent Malkijah's son Pashhur, to speak to Jeremiah. He also sent the priest Zephaniah, Maaseiah's son. They went to say to Jeremiah, ² ‘Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, is attacking us. Please ask the Lord to help us. Perhaps he will do a powerful miracle as he has done for us in the past. Perhaps he will cause Nebuchadnezzar to go away and leave us alone.’^[a]

³ Jeremiah answered them, ‘Tell Zedekiah that the Lord, Israel's God, says this: