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22 In it I saw all the women left in Judah's royal palace being led out to the king of Babylonia's officers. Listen to what they were saying as they went:

‘The king's best friends misled him,
    they overruled him.
And now that his feet have sunk in the mud,
    his friends have left him.’”

23 Then I added, “All your women and children will be taken out to the Babylonians, and you yourself will not escape from them. You will be taken prisoner by the king of Babylonia, and this city will be burned to the ground.”

24 Zedekiah replied, “Don't let anyone know about this conversation, and your life will not be in danger.

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