Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah of the Folly of Resisting Babylon

34 This message came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms and nations of the earth that were under his dominion were fighting against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah: 2 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Go to Zedekiah, king of Judah, and say to him, Thus saith Jehovah: I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the king of Babylon, who will burn it with fire. 3 As for thee, thou shalt not escape out of his hands: thou wilt assuredly be seized and into his hands delivered: thou shalt see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and speak to him face to face, and to Babylon thou shalt go. 4 But listen, Zedekiah, king of Judah, to the message of Jehovah: Thus saith Jehovah concerning thee: Thou shalt not die by the sword, 5 but thou shalt die in peace. (Sweet spices) shall be burned for thee, as for thine ancestors before thee, and lamentations shall be made for thee with "Ah! Lord," for I, saith Jehovah, have spoken the word.

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet delivered this message to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, 7 when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem, and all the cities of Judah that were left, and Lachish and Azekah – the only cities of Judah that remained as fortified cities.