7 And Zed·e·kiʹah’s sons they slaughtered before his eyes,+ and Zed·e·kiʹah’s eyes he blinded,+ after which he bound him with copper fetters+ and brought him to Babylon.+

9 The one sitting still in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence;+ but the one who is going out and who actually falls away* to the Chal·deʹans who are laying siege against YOU will keep living, and his soul will certainly come to be his as a spoil.”’+

16 it must also occur that the very sword of which YOU are afraid will there catch up with YOU in the land of Egypt,+ and the very famine at which YOU are in a fright will there closely follow after YOU to Egypt;+ and there is where YOU will die.+

8 Your* dependent towns in the field he will kill even with the sword, and he must make against you a siege wall and throw up against you a siege rampart+ and raise up against you a large shield;