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21-22 These enemies are King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylonia and his army. They have stopped attacking Jerusalem, but they want to kill King Zedekiah and his high officials. So I will command them to return and attack again. This time they will conquer the city and burn it down, and they will capture Zedekiah and his officials. I will also let them destroy the towns of Judah, so that no one can live there any longer.

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  1. 34.21,22 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.

21 “I will deliver Zedekiah(A) king of Judah and his officials(B) into the hands of their enemies(C) who want to kill them, to the army of the king of Babylon,(D) which has withdrawn(E) from you. 22 I am going to give the order, declares the Lord, and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, take(F) it and burn(G) it down. And I will lay waste(H) the towns of Judah so no one can live there.”

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