Jeremiah 29:20-23

English Standard Version

²⁰ Hear the word of the Lord, all you exiles ^(A)whom I sent away from Jerusalem to Babylon: ²¹ ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, ^(B)who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall strike them down before your eyes. ^22 (C)Because of them ^(D)this curse shall be used by all the exiles from Judah in Babylon: “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, ^(E)whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire,” ²³ because they have done an outrageous thing in Israel, ^(F)they have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives, and ^(G)they have spoken in my name lying words that I did not command them. ^(H)I am the one who knows, ^(I)and I am witness, declares the Lord.’”