1. The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, with all his army, 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. “the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘Go, and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, the Lord says, “Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will burn it with fire.