14And King Zedekiah sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to him, to the third entrance which is in the house of the LORD. And the king said to Jeremiah, "Ask a word from me; do not hide a word from me."15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will not the one who dies put me to death? And if I counsel you, will you not listen to me?"16King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret, saying, "As the LORD lives, who made this soul for us, if I put you to death or if I give you into the hand of these men who seek your soul."17And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the LORD God of Hosts, God of Israel: If you go out, you will go out to the chiefs of the king of Babylon, and your life will live, and this city will not be burned in fire, and you will live, you and your house."18And if you do not go out to the princes of the king of Babel, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it in the fire, and you will not escape from their hand.19King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and abuse me."20And Jeremiah said, "They will not give you over. Please hear the voice of the LORD with which I speak to you, and it will be well for you and you will live your life force."21And if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD showed me.22Look, all the women who remained in the house of the king of Judah are being brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon. Look, they are saying, "Those who enticed you have prevailed against you; the men of your shalom have sunk your foot in the mud; your heels have been drawn back."23And your wives and your sons they will bring out to the Chaldeans, and you—you will not escape from their hand, for you will be seized in the hand of the king of Babel, and they will burn this city in the fire.24Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die."25And if the officials hear that I have spoken to you and they come to you and say to you, "Tell us, please, what you spoke to the king; do not hide it from us and we will not put you to death," and tell them what the king spoke to you.26And you shall say to them, "I am dropping my supplication before the king, so as not to return me to Jonathan's house to die there."27And all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he told them according to all these words which the king commanded, and they kept silent from him because the word was not heard.28And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured. And it was just as Jerusalem was captured.