Jeremiah 38:23-25

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

²³ And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape their hands, but thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and he shall burn this city with fire.

²⁴ Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.

²⁵ But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee: Tell us what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not kill thee: and also what the king said to thee: