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However, hear the word of Yahweh, O Zedekiah, the king of Judah. Thus says Yahweh concerning you: ‘You will not die by the sword. In peace you will die, and as there was burning for your ancestors,[a] the former kings who were before you,[b] so they will burn for you, and they will lament for you, “Alas, lord!” For the word I have spoken,’ declares[c] Yahweh.”’” Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Zedekiah the king of Judah all these words in Jerusalem

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:5 Or “fathers”
  2. Jeremiah 34:5 Literally “to the face of you”
  3. Jeremiah 34:5 Literally “a declaration of”

“‘Yet hear the Lord’s promise to you, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;(A) you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire(B) in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, “Alas,(C) master!” I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.’”

Then Jeremiah the prophet told all this to Zedekiah king of Judah, in Jerusalem,

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