Jeremiah 34:1-7 ▼

1 The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth under the dominion of his hand, and all the people fought against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying:

2 Thus says YHWH, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and say to him, thus says YHWH: “Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with the fire.

3 And you will not escape from his hand, but you will surely be captured and given into his hand, and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he will speak with you face to face, and you will go to Babylon.

4 Yet hear the word of YHWH, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says YHWH concerning you: You will not die by the sword.

5 You will die in peace. And with the burnings of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, so they will burn for you, and will they lament for you: ‘Alas O lord! For I have spoken the word,” a declaration of YHWH.

6 And Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Zedekiah the king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem,

7 and the army of the king of Babylon was fighting against Jerusalem and against all the cities of Judah that were left—against Lachish and against Azekah. For these fortified cities remained among the cities of Judah.