2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and say to him, ^u‘Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall ^vburn it with fire.

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: ‘You shall not die by the sword.

8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a ^zproclamation of liberty to them,