11. But the people of any nation that submits to the king of Babylon will be allowed to stay in their own country to farm the land as usual. I, the lord, have spoken!’”
12. Then I repeated this same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. “If you want to live, submit to the yoke of the king of Babylon and his people.
13. Why do you insist on dying—you and your people? Why should you choose war, famine, and disease, which the lord will bring against every nation that refuses to submit to Babylon’s king?
14. Do not listen to the false prophets who keep telling you, ‘The king of Babylon will not conquer you.’ They are liars.