Jerusalem's Doom Is Sealed

     The word which came to Jeremiah from Yah, the Lord when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying, "Please inquire of Yah, the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon makes war against us.  Perhaps, Yah, the Lord will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, that the king may go away from us."  Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, 'Thus says Yah, the Lord God of Israel: .........................................."