7 And afterward,” says the Lord, a“I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, his servants and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence and the sword and the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life; and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword. bHe shall not spare them, or have pity or mercy.” ’
8 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, aI set before you the way of life and the way of death.
9 He who aremains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and1 defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall blive, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
10 For I have aset My face against this city for adversity and not for good,” says the Lord. b“It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall cburn it with fire.” ’
Message to the House of David
11 “And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord,
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