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you will die peacefully. There will be a burning ceremony for you just like the burning ceremonies for your ancestors, the kings of old who came before you.(A) ‘Oh, master! ’ will be the lament for you, for I have spoken this word. This is the Lord’s declaration.” ’

So the prophet Jeremiah related all these words to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem while the king of Babylon’s army was attacking Jerusalem and all of Judah’s remaining cities – that is, Lachish and Azekah,(B) for they were the only ones left of Judah’s fortified cities.

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