⁷ Then afterwards,” declares Yahweh, “^(A)I will give over Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people, even those who remain in this city from the pestilence, the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives; and he will strike them down with the edge of the sword. He ^(B)will not show pity on them nor spare nor have compassion.”’

⁴ and Zedekiah king of Judah will ^(A)not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will ^(B)speak with him ^[a]face to face and see him eye to eye;

^21 (A)And as for Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials, I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life and into the hand of the military force of the king of Babylon which has ^(B)gone away from you.

¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king ^(A)secretly asked him and said, “Is there a ^(B)word from Yahweh?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be ^(C)given into the hand of the king of Babylon!”

²³ And they will also bring out all your wives and your ^(A)sons to the Chaldeans, and ^(B)you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^(C)this city will be burned with fire.’”