Zephaniah
Ask me no more. Their troubles are over, and they are with God.
Voices
Nahum too?—The king’s sons?—My brother-in-law Absalom?
Zephaniah
None are left alive. Those who fell not at the wall were slain afterwards by Nebuchadnezzar’s officers. Zedekiah alone remains.
Voices
Zedekiah still alive?—Why spare him more than another?—He has betrayed us.—Why show him mercy when all the rest have been butchered?—Why spare him?
Zephaniah
Honor the king! Reverence his sufferings.