Obey God's word is the right way

Jeremiah 38:1-28
Then the officials said to the king, "This man should be put to death. He is discouraging the soldiers who are left in this city. He is in your hands, king Zedekiah answered. "The king can do nothing to oppose you." So they took Jeremiah and put him into the cistern of Malkijah.
Zedekiah questions Jeremiah again. Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me."
The next move is to the muddy bottom of the courtyard well, where he would have died but for Ebedmelech's appeal to the king.
Why?
God's word is oppose to the mind of men and officials in Jerusalem, so they wanted to kill Jeremiah. They wanted to protect their land and city, but they did not listen to the word of the Lord. So God will destroy them and oppose them.
Zedekiah is a king but he can do nothing to oppose his officials, he has lost his sovereignty. But he still like to know the way of the Lord arranged to him.
How?
Useless king does not has him way and mind insist walk on the right way, but  changed his way and do nothing good.