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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when ^(C1)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with ^(C2)all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his ^(F1)control and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying,

"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: '^(C1)Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, "This is what the LORD says: 'Behold, ^(C2)I am handing this city over to the king of Babylon, and ^(C3)he will burn it with fire.

'And as for you, ^(C1)you will not escape from his hand, for you will assuredly be caught and handed over to him; and you will ^(C2)see the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you ^(F1)face to face, and you will go to Babylon.'"'

"Yet 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.

'You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will ^(C1)burn spices for you; and ^(C2)they will mourn for you, crying, "Oh, my lord!"' For I have spoken the word," declares the LORD.

Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke ^(C1)all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem

when the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and all the remaining cities of Judah, that is, ^(C1)Lachish and ^(C2)Azekah, for they alone remained as ^(C3)fortified cities among the cities of Judah.