- While Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army and all the kingdoms and peoples in the empire he ruled were fighting against Jerusalem and all its surrounding towns, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD :
- "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Go to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
- You will not escape from his grasp but will surely be captured and handed over to him. You will see the king of Babylon with your own eyes, and he will speak with you face to face. And you will go to Babylon.
- " 'Yet hear the promise of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
- you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire in honor of your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, "Alas, O master!" I myself make this promise, declares the LORD.' "
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- 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领他的全军和地上属他的各国各邦,攻打耶路撒冷和属耶路撒冷所有的城邑。那时,耶和华的话临到耶利米说,
- 耶和华以色列的神说,你去告诉犹大王西底家,耶和华如此说,我要将这城交付巴比伦王的手,他必用火焚烧。
- 你必不能逃脱他的手,定被拿住,交在他的手中。你的眼要见巴比伦王的眼,他要口对口和你说话,你也必到巴比伦去。
- 犹大王西底家阿,你还要听耶和华的话。耶和华论到你如此说,你必不被刀剑杀死,
- 你必平安而死,人必为你焚烧物件,好像为你列祖,就是在你以前的先王焚烧一般。人必为你举哀,说,哀哉。我主阿。耶和华说,这话是我说的。
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