Zedekiah Reigns over Judah

^11 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹² And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God; ^(B)he did not humble himself ^(C)before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke from the mouth of Yahweh. ^13 (D)He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But ^(E)he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. ¹⁴ Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Yahweh which He had set apart as holy in Jerusalem.