12 Also to King Zed·e·kiʹah+ of Judah I spoke in the same way, saying: “Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and you will keep living.+ 13 Why should you and your people die by the sword,+ by famine,+ and by pestilence,+ as Jehovah has said about the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?

2 “This is what Jehovah says, ‘The one who remains in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence.*+ But the one who surrenders* to the Chal·deʹans will keep living and will have his life* as a spoil* and live.’+

17 Jeremiah then said to Zed·e·kiʹah: “This is what Jehovah, the God of armies, the God of Israel, says, ‘If you surrender* to the princes of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared,* and this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will be spared.+