Bible Cross References
Tell ye the man
2 Kings 22:15-20
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and she told them to go back to the king and give him
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the following message from the LORD: "I am going to punish Jerusalem and all its people, as written in the book that the king has read.
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They have rejected me and have offered sacrifices to other gods, and so have stirred up my anger by all they have done. My anger is aroused against Jerusalem, and it will not die down.
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As for the king himself, this is what I, the LORD God of Israel, say: You listened to what is written in the book,
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and you repented and humbled yourself before me, tearing your clothes and weeping, when you heard how I threatened to punish Jerusalem and its people. I will make it a terrifying sight, a place whose name people will use as a curse. But I have heard your prayer,
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and the punishment which I am going to bring on Jerusalem will not come until after your death. I will let you die in peace." The men returned to King Josiah with this message.
Jeremiah 21:3-7
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Then the LORD spoke to me, and I told those who had been sent to me
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to tell Zedekiah that the LORD, the God of Israel, had said, "Zedekiah, I am going to defeat your army that is fighting against the king of Babylonia and his army. I will pile up your soldiers' weapons in the center of the city.
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I will fight against you with all my might, my anger, my wrath, and my fury.
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I will kill everyone living in this city; people and animals alike will die of a terrible disease.
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But as for you, your officials, and the people who survive the war, the famine, and the disease---I will let all of you be captured by King Nebuchadnezzar and by your enemies, who want to kill you. Nebuchadnezzar will put you to death. He will not spare any of you or show mercy or pity to any of you. I, the LORD, have spoken."
Jeremiah 37:7-10
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to say to Zedekiah, "The Egyptian army is on its way to help you, but it will return home.
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Then the Babylonians will come back, attack the city, capture it, and burn it down.
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I, the LORD, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians will not come back, because they will.
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Even if you defeat the whole Babylonian army, so that only wounded men are left, lying in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city to the ground."