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Jeremiah 37:8

The Passion Translation

And the Babylonians will come back and attack this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

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‘Here is what Yahweh, the God of Israel says to King Zedekiah: Behold! I am going to take the weapons your troops are using to fight the Babylonians who are outside the city, and I will gather them together there.

The attacking army of Babylon will seize this city, set it on fire, and burn it to the ground. The people offered sacrifices to Baal on those same rooftops and poured out drink offerings to other idols, provoking my anger.

Yahweh, God of Israel, then told me to go to Zedekiah king of Judah and give him this message: “Yahweh says to you, ‘I am going to hand over this city to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.

For even if you were to defeat the entire army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you and only severely wounded men were left lying in their tents, they still would rise up and burn this city to the ground!’ ”

But if you do not surrender to Nebuchadnezzar’s generals, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians, they will burn it down, and I will make sure that you are taken prisoner by your enemies.’ ”

“Yes, all your wives and children will be marched out into your enemy’s camp. And you, Zedekiah, will be a prisoner in the clutches of the king of Babylon, powerless to escape. And this city will be burned to the ground.”

For Yahweh has said, ‘I will certainly hand over Jerusalem to the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.’ ”




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