23 ‘All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will[a] be burned down.’

24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, ‘Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die. 25 If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say, “Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:23 Or and you will cause this city to