²¹ Therefore this is what the Lord says about the people of Anathoth^(A) who are threatening to kill you,^(B) saying, “Do not prophesy^(C) in the name of the Lord or you will die^(D) by our hands”—

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)

²⁵ I will deliver^(A) you into the hands of those who want to kill you, those you fear—Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the Babylonians.^[a]