³ 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;

²⁵ Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, ^(A)“Buy the field for money ^(B)and get witnesses”—though ^(C)the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans.’”

They Shall Be My People; I Will Be Their God

³⁶ “Now therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning this city of which you say, ^(A)‘It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword, by famine, and by pestilence’: