Jeremiah 21:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ I’ll strike down the residents of this city, both people and animals, and they’ll die from a terrible plague. ⁷ Afterwards,” declares the Lord, “I’ll give King Zedekiah of Judah, his officials,^[a] and the people—those who are left in this city from the plague, the sword, and the famine—into the control of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, right into the hand of their enemies and the hand of those who want to kill them. He’ll execute them with swords and won’t pity them. He won’t spare them, nor will he have compassion on them.”’

⁸ “You are to say to this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I’m about to set before you the way of life and the way of death.