“Says Yahweh.
‘Afterward,
I will give King Zedekiah
Of Judah,
With his servants,
As well as the people in this city,
Those who survived
The pestilence,
The sword,
The famine,
Into the hands
Of King Nebuchadnezzar
Of Babylon.
They will be given
Into the hands
Of their enemies,
Into the hands
Of those who seek their lives.
He shall strike them down
With the edge of the sword.
He shall not pity them.
He shall not spare them.
He shall not have compassion.’”
Jeremiah has Yahweh speak to them with this oracle. If the king and his servants, as well as the people of Jerusalem survived the pestilence, the famine, and the sword, then they would be given into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar and their enemies. They would be stricken down with the edge of a sword. There would be no pity, no sparing them, and no compassion.
