²¹ “Therefore thus says the Lord concerning the men of ^(A)Anathoth who seek your life, saying, ^(B)‘Do not prophesy in the name of the Lord, lest you die by our hand’—

³ For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you ^(A)prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: ^(B)“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;