¹² I spoke words like all these to ^(A)Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!

¹⁷ Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city ^(A)become a place of ruins?

¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans; for they were ^(A)afraid of them, since Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck and killed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom ^(B)the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.