Jeremiah 38:19-23

New International Reader's Version

¹⁹ King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I’m afraid of some of the Jews. They are the ones who have gone over to the side of the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them. And those Jews will treat me badly.”

²⁰ “They won’t hand you over to them,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the Lord. Do what I tell you to do. Then things will go well with you. Your life will be spared. ²¹ Don’t refuse to give yourself up. The Lord has shown me what will happen if you do. ²² All the women who are left in your palace will be brought out. They’ll be given to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you,

²³ “All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself won’t escape from them. You will be captured by the king of Babylon. And this city will be burned down.”