Jeremiah 21:1-3

Good News Translation

Jerusalem's Defeat Is Predicted

21 King Zedekiah of Judah sent to me Pashhur son of Malchiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah with this request: ^2 (A)“Please speak to the Lord for us, because King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his army are besieging the city. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles for us and force Nebuchadnezzar to retreat.”

³ Then the Lord spoke to me, and I told those who had been sent to me