22. All the women left in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the Babylonian army. Then the women will taunt you, saying,‘What fine friends you have!They have betrayed and misled you.When your feet sank in the mud,they left you to your fate!’
23. All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
24. Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!
25. My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were talking about. If you don’t tell us, we will kill you.’