"Now behold,I have madeyou todayas a fortifiedcityand as a pillarof ironand as wallsof bronzeagainstthe wholeland,to the kingsof Judah,to its princes,to its priestsand to the peopleof the land.
For the LordGODhelpsMe, Therefore,I am not disgraced;Therefore,I have setMy facelike flint,And I knowthat I will not be ashamed.
"Now, girdup your loinsand arise,and speakto them allwhichI commandyou. Do not be dismayedbeforethem, orI will dismayyou beforethem.
"They will fightagainstyou, but they will not overcomeyou, for I am with you to deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
Woeto me, my mother,that you have borneme [As] a manof strifeand a manof contentionto allthe land!I have not lent,norhave men lentmoney to me, [Yet] everyonecursesme.
"Then I will makeyou to thispeopleA fortifiedwallof bronze;And though they fightagainstyou, They will not prevailover you; For I am with you to saveyou And deliveryou," declaresthe LORD.
But the LORDis with me like a dreadchampion;Thereforemy persecutorswill stumbleand not prevail.They will be utterlyashamed,becausethey have failed,With an everlastingdisgracethat will not be forgotten.
Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,"Behold,I am about to turnbackthe weaponsof warwhichare in your hands,with whichyou are warringagainstthe kingof Babylonand the Chaldeanswho are besiegingyou outsidethe wall;and I will gatherthem into the centerof thiscity.
But the handof Ahikamthe sonof Shaphanwas with Jeremiah,so that he was not giveninto the handsof the peopleto puthim to death.
You will not escapefrom his hand,for you will surelybe capturedand deliveredinto his hand;and you will seethe kingof Babyloneyeto eye,and he will speakwith you faceto face,and you will goto Babylon.'"'
"Thussaysthe LORDGodof Israel,Thusyou are to sayto the kingof Judah,who sentyou to Me to inquireof Me: "Behold,Pharaoh'sarmywhich has comeout for your assistanceis going to returnto its own landof Egypt.
But ifyou will not goout to the officersof the kingof Babylon,then thiscitywill be givenover to the handof the Chaldeans;and they will burnit with fire,and you yourselfwill not escapefrom their hand.'"
"Thussaysthe LORD,He who staysin thiscitywill dieby the swordand by famineand by pestilence,but he who goesout to the Chaldeanswill liveand havehis [own] lifeas bootyand stayalive.'
Therefore you should nowclearlyunderstandthat you will dieby the sword,by famineand by pestilence,in the placewhereyou wishto goto reside.
"I have madeyou an assayer[and] a testeramong My people,That you may knowand assaytheir way."
He broughthim to Jesus.Jesuslookedat him and said,"You are Simonthe sonof John;you shall be calledCephas"(whichis translatedPeter).
He who overcomes,I will makehim a pillarin the templeof My God,and he will not goout from it anymore;and I will writeon him the nameof My God,and the nameof the cityof My God,the newJerusalem,which comes downout of heavenfrom My God,and My newname.
