¹² And I spoke words like these to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, saying,^[a] “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. ¹³ Why should you die—you and your people—by the sword, by the famine, and by the plague, as Yahweh has spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? ¹⁴ And you must not listen to the words of the prophets who are speaking to you, saying,^[b] ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying a lie to you.