⁴^hAnd Zedekiah king of Judah ⁱshall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, ^hand shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes ^hshall behold his eyes; ⁵And ^h^j^khe shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there shall he be ^kuntil I visit him, saith the Lord: ^lthough ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall not prosper?

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hch. 34:3.
iSo ch. 38:18, 23. Comp. ch. 39:5–7. & 52:9–11.
hch. 34:3.
hch. 34:3.
hch. 34:3.
jComp. ch. 39:7. & 52:11.
kch. 27:22.
kch. 27:22.
lSo ch. 21:4. & 33:5.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall remain until I visit him, declares the Lord. Though you fight against the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed’?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape the Babylonians but will certainly be given into the hands of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him with his own eyes. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will remain until I deal with him, declares the Lord. If you fight against the Babylonians, you will not succeed.’ ”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

King Zedekiah of Judah will not escape from the Chaldeans; indeed, he will certainly be handed over to Babylon’s king. They will speak face to face and meet eye to eye. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him—this is the Lord’s declaration. For you will fight the Chaldeans, but you will not succeed.’ ”

NLTNew Living Translation

King Zedekiah will be captured by the Babylonians and taken to meet the king of Babylon face to face. He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, and I will deal with him there,’ says the Lord. ‘If you fight against the Babylonians, you will never succeed.’ ”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

and Zedekiah, the king of Judah, will not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but surely he will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will speak face to face with him and he will see him eye to eye, and to Babylon he will bring Zedekiah, and there he will be until my attending to him,” declares Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not be successful” ’?”