Jeremiah 38:17-23

17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord 1God of hosts, the 2God of Israel, ‘If you will indeed 3go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then 4you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will 5survive. 18But if you will 6not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city 7will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and 8you yourself will not escape from their hand.’” 19Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I 9dread the Jews who have 1011gone over to the Chaldeans, for they may give me over into their hand and they will 12abuse me.” 20But Jeremiah said, “They will not give you over. Please 1314obey the Lord in what I am saying to you, that it may go 15well with you and 1617you may live. 21But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which the Lord has shown me: 22‘Then behold, all of the 18women who have been left in the palace of the king of Judah are going to be brought out to the 19officers of the king of Babylon; and those women will say, “20Your close friends Have misled and overpowered you; While your feet were sunk in the mire, They turned back.” 23They will also bring out all your wives and your 21sons to the Chaldeans, and 22you yourself will not escape from their hand, but will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and 23this city will be burned with fire.’”