⁷ After that, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah^(A) king of Judah, his officials and the people in this city who survive the plague,^(B) sword and famine, into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(C) and to their enemies^(D) who want to kill them.^(E) He will put them to the sword;^(F) he will show them no mercy or pity or compassion.’^(G)

⁴ Zedekiah^(A) king of Judah will not escape^(B) the Babylonians^[a](C) 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.

²¹ “I will deliver Zedekiah^(A) king of Judah and his officials^(B) into the hands of their enemies^(C) who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon,^(D) which has withdrawn^(E) from you.

¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent^(A) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked^(B) him privately,^(C) “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered^(D) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

²³ “All your wives and children^(A) will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape^(B) from their hands but will be captured^(C) by the king of Babylon; and this city will^[a] be burned down.”^(D)