Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him, thus says the Lord: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire. And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand; your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, he shal Jeremiah 34:2-5 l speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon….You shall not die by the sword. You shall die in peace.Jeremiah 34:2-5
Zedekiah was a rebellious king, the last king of Judah. He was captured and taken to the king of Babylon in Riblah. There, his sons were put to death before his eyes, and then he was blinded, loaded down with chains, and taken to Babylon. The king of Babylon did not kill him. He died in Babylon, in peace, just as the prophet had told him. But unless he found it in his heart to repent, he died in utter despair.
