Zedekiah Questions Jeremiah Again

¹⁴ Then King Zedekiah sent^(A) for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the Lord. “I am going to ask you something,” the king said to Jeremiah. “Do not hide^(B) anything from me.”

² Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray^(A) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.^(B) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few^(C) are left. ³ Pray that the Lord your God will tell us where we should go and what we should do.”^(D)

⁴ “I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will certainly pray^(E) to the Lord your God as you have requested; I will tell^(F) you everything the Lord says and will keep nothing back from you.”^(G)

⁵ Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the Lord be a true^(H) and faithful^(I) witness^(J) against us if we do not act in accordance with everything the Lord your God sends you to tell us. ⁶ Whether it is favorable or unfavorable, we will obey the Lord our God, to whom we are sending you, so that it will go well^(K) with us, for we will obey^(L) the Lord our God.”