5. you will die a peaceful death. As burial incense was burned to honor your ancestors, the kings who came before you, so it will be burned to honor you as people mourn, "Oh, master!" I myself promise this, declares the Lord.
6. The prophet Jeremiah delivered this message to Judah’s King Zedekiah in Jerusalem
7. when the army of the king of Babylon was attacking Jerusalem and all the remaining Judean towns, Lachish and Azekah—the only fortified towns still standing in Judah.
8. Jeremiah received the Lord’s word after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty for their slaves:
9. everyone was to free their male and female Hebrew slaves and no longer hold a Judean brother or sister in bondage.