A Prophecy against Zedekiah

This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, all his army, all the earthly kingdoms under his control and all the other nations were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding cities 2 The LORD, the God of Israel, told [Jeremiah] to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says:“ Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down 3 And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.

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Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword; 5 you will die in peace. As [spices] were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so [people] will burn [spices] for you and lament‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”

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In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah 7 as the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem vvv and the remaining cities of Judah— against Lachish and Azekah. For these were the only fortified cities remaining in Judah.

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