¹The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when ^aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with ^ball the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying,

²“Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘^aGo and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: “Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, ^bI am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^che will burn it with fire.

³‘^aYou will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be captured and delivered into his hand; and you will ^bsee the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you ¹face to face, and you will go to Babylon.’ ” ’

⁴“Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you, ‘You will not die by the sword.

⁵‘You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will ^aburn spices for you; and ^bthey will lament for you, “Alas, lord!” ’ For I have spoken the word,” declares the Lord.

⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke ^aall these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem

⁷when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, ^aLachish and ^bAzekah, for they alone remained as ^cfortified cities among the cities of Judah.

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Footnotes

1Lit mouth to mouth

Cross references

a 2 Kin 25:1; Jer 32:2; 39:1; 52:4
b Jer 1:15; 27:7; Dan 2:37, 38
a 2 Chr 36:11, 12; Jer 22:1, 2; 37:1, 2
b Jer 21:10; 32:3; 34:22; 37:8–10
c Jer 32:29
a 2 Kin 25:4, 5; Jer 21:7; 32:4; 34:21
b 2 Kin 25:6, 7; Jer 39:6, 7
a 2 Chr 16:14; 21:19
b Jer 22:18
a 1 Sam 3:18; 15:16–24
a Josh 10:3, 5; 2 Kin 14:19; 18:14; Is 36:2
b Josh 10:10; 2 Chr 11:9
c 2 Chr 11:5–10