“And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
The specific statement that God will hand Zedekiah himself, his servants, and the people over to Nebuchadnezzar announces that the king and kingdom will be captured. The terms of capture—to be struck by the sword without pity or mercy—emphasize that military ruthlessness will be absolute. The announcement of no restraint or compassion shows that Zedekiah's expectation of honorable treatment is false. The judgment will be harsh and complete.
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