But Baruch son of Neriah is stirring you up against us.<n id="1" /> He wants to hand us over<n id="2" /> to the Babylonians<n id="3" /> so that they will kill us or carry us off into exile in Babylon.&#8221;

All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying,<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8216;Your trusted friends misled you;p> <p class="poetry">they have gotten the best of you.p> <p class="poetry">Now that your feet are stuck in the mud,p> <p class="poetry">they have turned their backs on you.&#8217;<n id="2" />p>