And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence.
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Interpretation
When the siege had begun, Zedekiah sent to ask of Jeremiah respecting the event. In times of distress and danger, men often seek those to counsel and pray for them, whom, at other times, they despise and oppose; but they only seek deliverance from punishment.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 21:3-7.