¹⁷ So he went to him and found him standing beside his offering, with the Moabite officials.^(A) Balak asked him, “What did the Lord say?”

¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent^(A) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked^(B) him privately,^(C) “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered^(D) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

¹⁷ “What was it he said to you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide^(A) it from me. May God deal with you, be it ever so severely,^(B) if you hide from me anything he told you.”

²⁶ Balaam answered, “Did I not tell you I must do whatever the Lord says?”^(A)