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Then King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, "Is there a word from Yahweh?" And Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon!"

"Thus says Yahweh, ‘He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own life as spoil and stay alive.'

So Ebed-melech took the men in his hand and went into the king's palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah.

Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his military force came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it;

Then the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.

and Yahweh has brought it on and done just as He promised. Because you people sinned against Yahweh and did not listen to His voice, therefore this thing has happened to you.

Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you are now fearing; do not be afraid of him,' declares Yahweh, ‘for I am with you to save you and deliver you from his hand.

and you will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am going to send and get Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and I am going to set his throne right over these stones that I have hidden; and he will spread his canopy over them.

And I shall set fire to the houses of the gods of Egypt, and he will burn them and take them captive. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself with his garment, and he will depart from there safely.

"As for the smoking sacrifices that you offered in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, you and your fathers, your kings and your princes, and the people of the land, did not Yahweh remember them and did not all this come upon His heart?

Because you have burned incense and have sinned against Yahweh and not listened to the voice of Yahweh or walked in His law, His statutes, or His testimonies, therefore this evil has befallen you, as it has this day."

Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, I am going to give over Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt to the hand of his enemies, to the hand of those who seek his life, just as I gave over Zedekiah king of Judah to the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who was his enemy and was seeking his life.'"

Indeed, that day belongs to Lord Yahweh of hosts,A day of vengeance, so as to avenge Himself on His adversaries;And the sword will devour and be satiatedAnd drink its fill of their blood;For there will be a sacrifice to Lord Yahweh of hostsIn the land of the north by the river Euphrates.

I shall give them into the hand of those who are seeking their lives, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of his servants. Afterwards, however, it will be dwelt in like in the days of old," declares Yahweh.

Because of the noise of the galloping hoofs of his valiant steeds,The quaking of his chariots, and the tumult of his wheels,The fathers have not turned back for their children,Because of the limpness of their hands,

For because of your trust in your own works and treasures,Even you yourself will be captured;And Chemosh will go off into exileTogether with his priests and his princes.

Cursed be the one who does the work of Yahweh with a slack hand,And cursed be the one who restrains his sword from blood.

"Moab has been at ease since his youth;He has also had quiet, like wine on its dregs,And he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,Nor has he gone into exile.Therefore he retains his flavor,And his aroma has not changed.

Therefore behold, the days are coming," declares Yahweh, "when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Moab has been destroyed, and men have gone up to his cities;His choicest young men have also gone down to the slaughter,"Declares the King, whose name is Yahweh of hosts.