3. You will not escape; you will be captured and handed over to him. You will see him face to face and talk to him in person; then you will go to Babylonia.
4. Zedekiah, listen to what I say about you. You will not be killed in battle.
5. You will die in peace, and as people burnt incense when they buried your ancestors, who were kings before you, in the same way they will burn incense for you. They will mourn over you and say, ‘Our king is dead!’ I, the Lord, have spoken.”
6. Then I gave this message to King Zedekiah in Jerusalem
7. while the army of the king of Babylonia was attacking the city. The army was also attacking Lachish and Azekah, the only other fortified cities left in Judah.
8. King Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem had made an agreement to set free