22. All the women who are left in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon. These women will say:‘Your trusted friends have misled you and used you.Your feet are stuck in the mud, and your friends have deserted you.’
23. “All your wives and children will be brought to the Babylonians. You will not escape from them. You will be captured by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”
24. Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
25. The officials may find out that I’ve been talking with you. They may come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you. Don’t hide anything from us, or we’ll kill you.’