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What advice did Jeremiah give King Zedekiah during their secret meetings?

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Painting by Rembrandt van Rijn showing Jeremiah sitting in a dimly lit cave, head resting on his hand in sorrow, with Jerusalem burning in the background. — Jeremiah *Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem*, oil on panel by Rembrandt, 1630: in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

During his secret meetings with King Zedekiah, the prophet Jeremiah consistently advised the king to surrender to the Babylonians.1

Jeremiah maintained that submitting to the "yoke of Babylonia" was the will of God, as he believed Yahweh had delivered the nation into the hands of the Babylonian king, Nebuchadrezzar. Despite the intense political pressure from court officials and the influence of pro-Egyptian factions, Jeremiah urged the king to accept this path rather than continue the rebellion that ultimately led to the destruction of Jerusalem.12