² “Please ^(A)inquire of the Lord on our behalf, for ^(B)Nebuchadnezzar king of ^(C)Babylon is warring against us; perhaps the Lord will deal with us ^(D)according to all His ^[a]wonderful acts, so that the enemy will withdraw from us.”

A Prophecy against Zedekiah

34 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when ^(A)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army, with ^(B)all the kingdoms of the earth that were under his dominion and all the peoples, were fighting against Jerusalem and against all its cities, saying, ² “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘^(C)Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him: “Thus says the Lord, ‘Behold, ^(D)I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and ^(E)he will burn it with fire.

² “Son of man, write the name of the day, this very day. The king of Babylon ^[a]has ^(A)laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.