Read Jeremiah 21 at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraph divisions
Jer 21:1-3 {s} King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah for the word of YHVH, since Babylon made war against them
Jer 21:4-10 {s} I have set My face against this city for adversity/ defect to the Chaldeans, that you may retain your life
Jer 21:11-22:5 {p} King of Judah: Execute righteousness, and you will endure, but if not, your house will be desolate
Jer 21:1-14 chiastic structure
1a) Jer 21:1-3 {s} King Zedekiah inquired for a word from YHVH, when Nebuchadnezzar surrounded Jerusalem;
1b.1) Jer 21:4, Thus says YHVH: Your weapons of war with which you fight against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, I will assemble them in your midst;
1b.2) Jer 21:5, I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand + strong arm, even in anger + fury + great wrath;
1c) Jer 21:6-7, I will strike the inhabitants of this city + I will deliver Zedekiah + the people from pestilence + sword + famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar + their enemies/ he shall strike them, not sparing or have mercy;
central axis) Jer 21:8, Now you shall say to this people, Thus says YHVH: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death;”
2c) Jer 21:9a, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, + by pestilence;
2b.1) Jer 21:9b, But he who defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live;
2b.2) Jer 21:10 {s} For I have set My face against this city for adversity + not for good/ it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon + he shall burn it with fire;
2a) Jer 21:11-14, Hear the word of YHVH O house of David: execute judgment + deliver him who is plundered from the oppressor, lest My fury go forth like fire + burn so that no one can quench it.
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