Jeremiah 34:1-7

A Prophecy Against Zedekiah

The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, when ^aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his military force, with ^ball the kingdoms of the earth that were under his ¹dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying, 2 “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘^aGo and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: “Thus says Yahweh, ‘Behold, ^bI am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^che will burn it with fire. 3 ^aAnd you will not escape from his hand, for you will surely be seized and given into his hand; and you will ^bsee the king of Babylon eye to eye, and he will speak with you ¹face to face, and you will go to Babylon.’”’ 4 Yet hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says Yahweh concerning you, ‘You will not die by the sword. 5 You will die in peace; and as spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will ^aburn spices for you; and ^bthey will lament for you, “Alas, lord!”’ For I have spoken the word,” declares Yahweh.
6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke ^aall these words to Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem 7 when the military force of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left, that is, ^aLachish and ^bAzekah, for they alone remained as ^cfortified cities among the cities of Judah.