1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur, son of Malchiah, and the priest Zephaniah, son of Maaseiah, to him with this request:
2. Inquire for us of the Lord, because Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, is attacking us. Perhaps the Lord will act for us in accord with his wonderful works by making him withdraw from us.
3. But Jeremiah answered them: This is what you shall report to Zedekiah:
4. Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: I will turn against you the weapons with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls. These weapons I will pile up in the midst of this city,
5. and I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, wrath, and great rage!