1 King Zedekiah21.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3.of Judah sent for Pashhurson of Malchiahand for a priest named Zephaniahson of Maaseiah. Then he told them, "Talk with Jeremiahfor me."
So they came to me and said, 2 2 K 25.1-11;2 Ch 36.17-21."King Nebuchadnezzar21.2 Nebuchadnezzar: Ruled 605–562 b.c.of Babyloniahas attacked Judah. Please ask the Lordto work miracles for our people, as he has done in the past, so that Nebuchadnezzarwill leave us alone."
3-7 I told them that the LordGod of Israel had told me to say to King Zedekiah:
The Babylonianshave surrounded Jerusalemand want to kill you and your people. You are asking me to save you, but you have made me furious. So I will stretch out my mighty arm and fight against you myself. Your army is using spears and swords to fight the Babylonians, but I will make your own weapons turn and attack you. I will send a horrible disease to kill many of the people and animals in Jerusalem, and there will be nothing left to eat. Finally, I will let King Nebuchadnezzarand his army fight their way to the center of Jerusalemand capture everyone who is left alive, including you and your officials. But Nebuchadnezzarwon’t be kind or show any mercy—he will have you killed! I, the Lord, have spoken.
8 4 Macc 15.2.Then I told them that the Lordhad said:
People of Jerusalem, I, the Lord, give you the choice of life or death. 9 The Babylonian army has surrounded Jerusalem, so if you want to live, you must go out and surrender to them. But if you want to die because of hunger, disease, or war, then stay here in the city. 10 I have decided not to rescue Jerusalem. Instead, I am going to let the king of Babyloniaburn it to the ground. I, the Lord, have spoken.
The Lord Warns the King of Judah
* 11 Pay attention, you that belong
to the royal family.
12 Each new day, make sure
that justice is done,
and rescue those
who are being robbed.
Or else my anger will flame up
like a fire that never goes out.
13 Jerusalem,
from your mountaintop
you look out over the valleys21.13 Jerusalem … valleys: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
and think you are safe.
But I, the Lord, am angry,
14 and I will punish you
as you deserve.
I’ll set your palace21.14 your palace: The Hebrew text has "the forest"; the largest room in the king’s palace was known as Forest Hall (see 1 Kings 7.2,3).on fire,
and everything around you
will go up in smoke.
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Zedekiah
צִדְקִיָּהוּtsidəqyahu
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied to Judah in the final days of the kingdom, announced the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, and was persecuted and imprisoned for this (Jeremiah 1:1).
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).