⁵ you will die peacefully. As people made a funeral fire^(A) in honor of your predecessors, the kings who ruled before you, so they will make a fire in your honor and lament, “Alas,^(B) master!” I myself make this promise, declares the Lord.’”

Zedekiah King of Judah^(A)

¹¹ Zedekiah^(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. ¹² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord^(C) his God and did not humble^(D) himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. ¹³ He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath^(E) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked^(F) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.