Jeremiah 38:17-19
New King James Version
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you surely (A)surrender[a] (B)to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not [b]surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans; they shall burn it with fire, and (C)you shall not escape from their hand.’ ”
19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have (D)defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they (E)abuse me.”
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- Jeremiah 38:17 Lit. go out
- Jeremiah 38:18 Lit. go out
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