“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to (A)Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: (B)Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

Read full chapter

22 Behold, (A)I will command, declares the Lord, and will (B)bring them back to this city. (C)And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. (D)I will make the cities of Judah a desolation (E)without inhabitant.”

Read full chapter

10 For (A)I have set my face against this city for harm and (B)not for good, declares the Lord: (C)it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.’

Read full chapter

And (A)the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. (B)They shall capture it and burn it with fire. Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away. 10 (C)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and (D)burn this city with fire.’”

Read full chapter

For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: (A)Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;

Read full chapter

22 Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah and speak there this word, and say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.

Read full chapter

11 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before (B)Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.

Read full chapter

(A)The Chaldeans burned the king's house and the house of the people, (B)and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.

Read full chapter

23 All your wives and (A)your sons shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.”

Read full chapter

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

37 (A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, (B)whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of (C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. (D)But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

King Zedekiah sent (E)Jehucal the son of (F)Shelemiah, and (G)Zephaniah the priest, the son of (H)Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please (I)pray for us to the Lord our God.” (J)Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, (K)for he had not yet been put in prison.

Read full chapter

28 Therefore, thus says the Lord: (A)Behold, I am giving this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall capture it. 29 The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city (B)shall come and set this city on fire and burn it, (C)with the houses on whose roofs offerings have been made to Baal (D)and drink offerings have been poured out to other gods, (E)to provoke me to anger.

Read full chapter

‘Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: (A)Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. (B)And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.

Read full chapter

Bible Gateway Recommends

ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
ESV Seek and Find Bible, hardcover
Retail: $34.99
Our Price: $9.49
Save: $25.50 (73%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Thinline Bible--buffalo leather, brown
ESV Thinline Bible--buffalo leather, brown
Retail: $79.99
Our Price: $53.99
Save: $26.00 (33%)
5.0 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
ESV Study Bible, Large Print, Genuine Leather, Black
Retail: $129.99
Our Price: $87.99
Save: $42.00 (32%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible, Hardcover
ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible, Hardcover
Retail: $39.99
Our Price: $17.99
Save: $22.00 (55%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather
ESV Study Bible, Burgundy Genuine Leather
Retail: $114.99
Our Price: $59.99
Save: $55.00 (48%)
4.5 of 5.0 stars