5 and I myself will fight against you with outstretched hand and mighty arm, in anger, wrath, and great rage!
6 I will strike down the inhabitants of this city, human being and beast; they shall die in a great pestilence.
7 After that—oracle of the Lord—I will hand over Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his ministers and the people in this city who survive pestilence, sword, and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, to their enemies and those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword, without quarter, without mercy or compassion.
8 And to this people you shall say: Thus says the Lord: See, I am giving you a choice between the way to life and the way to death.
9 Whoever remains in this city shall die by the sword or famine or pestilence. But whoever leaves and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and escape with his life.
10 I have set my face against this city, for evil and not for good—oracle of the Lord. It shall be given into the power of the king of Babylon who shall set it on fire.
11 To the royal house of Judah:Hear the word of the Lord,