"For thussaysthe LORD,'Behold,I am going to makeyou a terrorto yourself and to allyour friends;and while your eyeslookon, they will fallby the swordof their enemies.So I will giveover allJudahto the handof the kingof Babylon,and he will carrythem awayas exilesto Babylonand will slaythem with the sword.
"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."'