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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the ^(C1)tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the ^(C1)courtyard of the guard, which was at the house of the king of Judah,

because Zedekiah king of Judah had ^(C1)imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you ^(C2)prophesy, saying, '^(C3)This is what the LORD says: "Behold, I am going to ^(C4)hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

and Zedekiah king of Judah will ^(C1)not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will certainly be handed over to the king of Babylon, and he will ^(C2)speak with him ^(F1)face to face and see him eye to eye.

Then he will ^(C1)take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him," declares the LORD. "If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will ^(C2)not succeed"'?"