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Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning

Jeremiah 34:1-7

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Chapter 34
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying: "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel and all his forces and all the kingdoms of the land ruled by his hand and all the peoples fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities." 2 This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Go and say to Zedekiah king of Judah, “This is what the LORD says: Look, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babel, and he will burn it with fire.” 3 And you shall not escape from his hand, for you will be seized—you will be captured—and into his hand you will be given, and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babel, and his mouth will speak to your mouth, and to Babel you will come. 4 However, hear the word of the LORD, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword. 5 You will die in peace, and as with the burnings for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn for you, and "Alas, lord!" they will lament for you, for I have spoken, says the LORD. 6 And Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem. 7 And the military forces of the king of Babel are fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that remain, even to Lachish and Azekah, for these have remained in the cities of Judah—fortified cities.