Jeremiah 27:12
I told King Zedekiah of Judah the same thing. I said, "Submit to the yoke of servitude to the king of Babylon. Be subject to him and his people. Then you will continue to live.
Jeremiah 28:1
The following events occurred in that same year, early in the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah. To be more precise, it was the fifth month of the fourth year of his reign. The prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, spoke to Jeremiah in the Lord's temple in the presence of the priests and all the people.
Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "The Lord, the God who rules over all, the God of Israel, says, 'You must surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon. If you do, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down. Indeed, you and your whole family will be spared.
2 Chronicles 36:11-13
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.
Proverbs 1:33
But the one who listens to me will live in security, and will be at ease from the dread of harm.
Jeremiah 27:2-3
The Lord told me, "Make a yoke out of leather straps and wooden crossbars and put it on your neck.
Jeremiah 27:8
But suppose a nation or a kingdom will not be subject to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. Suppose it will not submit to the yoke of servitude to him. I, the Lord, affirm that I will punish that nation. I will use the king of Babylon to punish it with war, starvation, and disease until I have destroyed it.
Ezekiel 17:11-21
Then the word of the Lord came to me: