17 Jeremiah now said to Zed·e·kiʹah: “This is what Jehovah, the God of armies,+ the God of Israel,+ has said, ‘If you will without fail go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, your soul will also certainly keep living and this city itself will not be burned with fire, and you yourself and your household will certainly keep living.+

18 “‘For I shall without fail furnish you an escape, and by the sword you will not fall; and you will certainly come to have your soul as a spoil,+ because you have trusted in me,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah.”

5 But as for you, you keep seeking great things for yourself.+ Do not keep on seeking.”’+

“‘For here I am bringing in a calamity upon all flesh,’+ is the utterance of Jehovah, ‘and I will give you your soul as a spoil in all the places to which you may go.’”+