²⁷ And all the princes came to^▵ Jeremiah^◦, and asked him; and he told them according·​·to all these words that the king had commanded. And they were·​·silent with him; for the word was not heard.

⁹ And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and a man^◦ shall eat the flesh of his companion, in the siege, and in the anguish, with which their enemies, and they who seek their souls, shall cause·​·anguish for them.