21 I will hand Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials over to their enemies, to those who want to take their lives, to the king of Babylon’s army that is withdrawing. 22 I am about to give the command”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it down.(A) I will make Judah’s cities a desolation,(B) without inhabitant.”

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21 I’ll give Zedekiah, king of Judah, and his officials into the domination of their enemies, to those[a] who are seeking to kill them, and to[b] the army of the king of Babylon that is coming against them. 22 Look, I’m in command of them,’ declares the Lord, ‘and I’ll bring them back to this city. They’ll capture it and burn it with fire, and I’ll turn the towns of Judah into desolate places without inhabitants.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 34:21 Lit. to the hands of those
  2. Jeremiah 34:21 Lit. to the hands of the