34The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, ^awhen Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, ^ball the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying, ²“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Go and ^cspeak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, “Thus says the Lord: ‘Behold, ^dI will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. ³And ^eyou shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand; your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, he shall speak with you ^fface ¹to face, and you shall go to Babylon.’ ” ’ ⁴Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword. ⁵You shall die in peace; as in ^gthe ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, ^hso they shall burn incense for you and ⁱlament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!” For I have pronounced the word, says the Lord.’ ”

⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem, ⁷when the king of Babylon’s army fought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah that were left, against Lachish and Azekah; for only ^jthese fortified cities remained of the cities of Judah.

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Footnotes

1Lit. mouth to mouth

Cross references

a 2 Kin. 25:1; Jer. 32:1, 2; 39:1; 52:4
b Jer. 1:15; 25:9; Dan. 2:37, 38
c 2 Chr. 36:11, 12; Jer. 22:1, 2; 37:1, 2
d 2 Kin. 25:9; Jer. 21:10; 32:3, 28
e 2 Kin. 25:4, 5; Jer. 21:7; 52:7–11
f 2 Kin. 25:6, 7; Jer. 32:4; 39:5, 6
g 2 Chr. 16:14; 21:19
h Dan. 2:46
i Jer. 22:18
j 2 Kin. 18:13; 19:8; 2 Chr. 11:5, 9