Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
Ver. 24. Let no man know of these words,] Muliebriter deprecatur rex incredulus fidelem. Thus he who feareth not God, feareth his own servants and counsellors.
And thou shalt not die.] The crafty king would seem to be solicitous of the prophet's safety, but mainly intendeth his own.