20. But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the Lord’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.
21. But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the Lord has shown me:
22. ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say,“Your familiar friends have turned on you,and have prevailed over you.Your feet are sunk in the mire,they have turned away from you.”
23. They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Kasdim. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burnt with fire.’”
24. Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.