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Rather, you will die a peaceful death. And just as the people burned spices in honor of your ancestors, the kings who preceded you, so they will mourn your passing and burn spices for you, as they lament, “Alas, O king.” I myself have made this promise, says the Lord.

The prophet Jeremiah revealed all these things to Zedekiah, the king of Judah, in Jerusalem while the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and the remaining cities of Judah that were left, Lachish and Azekah,[a] for these were the only fortified cities of Judah that were still standing.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:7 Lachish and Azekah: two cities southwest of Jerusalem, on the coastal plain.