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22 He has given me a vision of all the women left in the palace of the king of Judah being led off to the officials of the king of Babylon and saying,

‘They have misled you and triumphed over you,
    your trusted friends.
Now that your feet are stuck in the mud,
    they have deserted you.’

23 “All your wives and your children will be led off to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape their clutches. Rather, you will be handed over to the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned to the ground.”

24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know of this conversation, or you will die.

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