Jehoiakim's body is dumped outside the gates of Jerusalem, and his son Jeconiah reigns briefly over a city under siege. "Nebuchadnezzar's army surrounded Jerusalem, preventing any from coming or going, patiently and methodically strangling the life from a beleaguered city in which supplies, once used, could not be replaced." Jeconiah surrenders and King Nebuchadnezzar takes him to Babylon, as Jeremiah had predicted, along with thousands of others. Zedekiah promises to be Nebuchadnezzar's vassal, but is weak and easily led. Will he listen to Jeremiah or to his advisors? Can Jeremiah survive the sly schemes of his enemies or will the promised disaster overtake them all? In Judah, the darkness is deepening

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