Zedekiah Reigns over Judah

^17 (A)Then the king of Babylon made ^[a]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

^18 (B)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^(C)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jeremiah Imprisoned

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from Yahweh in the ^(A)tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. ² Now at that time the military force of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the ^(B)court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah, ³ because Zedekiah king of Judah had ^(C)shut him up, saying, “Why do you ^(D)prophesy, saying, ‘^(E)Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, I am about to ^(F)give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it;

Jeremiah Warns Against Trust in Pharaoh

37 Now ^(A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had ^(B)made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of ^(C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

The Anger of Yahweh Towards Judah

52 ^(A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^[a](B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of ^(C)Libnah. ² And he did ^(D)what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that ^(E)Jehoiakim had done. ³ For through the ^(F)anger of Yahweh this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah ^(G)rebelled against the king of Babylon.