Jeremiah 21:8
“¶ And vnto this people thou shalt say; Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.”
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Jeremiah 21:8 Context
6And I will smite the inhabitants of this citie both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. 7And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliuer Zedekiah king of Iudah, and his seruants, and the people, and such as are left in this citie from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seeke their life, and and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword: hee shall not spare them, neither haue pitie, nor haue mercy. 8¶ And vnto this people thou shalt say; Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. 9He that abideth in this citie, shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Caldeans, that besiege you, he shall liue, and his life shall be vnto him, for a pray. 10For I haue set my face against this citie for euill and not for good, saith the Lord; it shall be giuen into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burne it with fire.
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And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
- King James Version
"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
- New American Standard Version (1995)