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Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am ^(C1)in fear of the Jews who have ^(C2)deserted to the Chaldeans, for they may hand me over to them, and they will ^(C3)abuse me."

But Jeremiah said, "They will not turn you over. Please ^(F1)(C1)obey the LORD in what I am saying to you, so that it may go ^(C2)well for you and ^(F2)(C3)you may live.

"But if you keep refusing to surrender, this is the word which the LORD has shown me:

'Behold, all of the ^(C1)women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say, "^(F1)Your close friends Have misled and overpowered you; While your feet were sunk in the mire, They turned back."

'They are also going to bring out all your wives and your ^(C1)sons to the Chaldeans, and ^(C2)you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^(C2)this city will be burned with fire.'"