21. But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has shown:
22. I see all the women who remain in the house of Judah’s king being brought out to the princes of Babylon’s king, and they are crying:‘They betrayed you, outdid you,your good friends!Now that your feet are sunk in mud,they slink away.’
23. All your wives and children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and you shall not escape their hands; you shall be handed over to the king of Babylon, and this city shall be destroyed by fire.”
24. Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know about this conversation, or you shall die.
25. If the princes should hear I spoke with you and if they should come and ask you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’ or, ‘What did the king say to you?’
26. then give them this answer: ‘I petitioned the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house lest I die there.’”