3 because Zedekiah king of Judah had (A)shut him up, saying, “Why do you (B)prophesy, saying, ‘(C)Thus says the Lord, “Behold, I am about to (D)give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it; 4 and Zedekiah king of Judah will (E)not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will (F)speak with him (a)face to face and see him eye to eye; 5 and he will (G)take Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I visit him,” declares the Lord. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will (H)not succeed”’?”

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 32:4: ['Lit ', mouth to mouth]

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