Then Jeremiah the Prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,

(When the King of Babel’s host fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities of Judah, that were left, even against Lachish, and against Azekah: for these strong cities remained of the cities of Judah)

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people, which were at Jerusalem, [a]to proclaim liberty unto them,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:8 When the enemy was at hand, and they saw themselves in danger, they would seem holy, and so began some kind of reformation: but soon after they uttered their hypocrisy.

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