"Then afterwards,"declaresthe LORD,"I will giveover Zedekiahkingof Judahand his servantsand the people,even those who survivein thiscityfrom the pestilence,the swordand the famine,into the handof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon,and into the handof their foesand into the handof those who seektheir lives;and he will strikethem downwith the edgeof the sword.He will not sparethem norhavepitynorcompassion."'