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22 “All of the women left in your palace will be taken and given to officials of the Babylonian king. As they are being led away, those women will mock you and say:

    Look how they misled you and defeated you—
        these so-called friends of yours.
    While your feet sank in the mud,
        your friends all deserted you.

23 All your wives and sons will be marched out before the Chaldeans. And as for you, Zedekiah, you will not escape capture by the king of Babylon. As for this city, Jerusalem, it will be burned to the ground.”

King Zedekiah: 24 Do not tell anyone about our conversation, or you may be killed! We must keep this a secret.

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