Jeremiah’s Message for Zedekiah

21 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when ^(A)King Zedekiah sent to him ^(B)Pashhur the son of Malchijah, and ^(C)Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying, ² “Please ^(D)inquire of the Lord on our behalf, for ^(E)Nebuchadnezzar king of ^(F)Babylon is warring against us; perhaps the Lord will deal with us ^(G)according to all His ^[a]wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”

¹⁷ Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king ^(A)secretly asked him and said, “Is there a ^(B)word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be ^(C)given into the hand of the king of Babylon!”