² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go, speak to King Zedekiah of Judah, and tell him, ‘This is what the Lord says: I am about to hand this city over to the king of Babylon,^(A) and he will burn it.

²² I am about to give the command—this is the Lord’s declaration—and I will bring them back to this city. They will fight against it, capture it, and burn it.^(A) I will make Judah’s cities a desolation, without inhabitant.”^(B)

⁸ The Chaldeans will then return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it.^(A)

¹⁸ But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans.^(A) They will burn it, and you yourself will not escape from them.’”