Jeremiah 38
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Jeremiah 38:2-4

2“ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: ‘Anyone who 1staysH3427 in thisH2088 cityH5892 will dieH4191 by the 2swordH2719, by famineH7458, or by plagueH1698; but anyone who surrendersH3318 to the ChaldeansH3778 will liveH2421 and haveH1961 his own 3lifeH5315 as plunderH7998, and stayH2421 aliveH2421.’

3ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 saysH559: ‘ThisH2088 cityH5892 will certainlyH5414 be 4handedH5414H3027 overH5414 to the armyH2428 of the kingH4428 of BabylonH894 and he will captureH3920 it.’”

4Then the 5officialsH8269 saidH559 to the kingH4428, “PleaseH4994 have thisH2088 manH376 putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191, sinceH3588H5921H3651 he is 67discouragingH7503H3027 the menH376 of warH4421 who are leftH7604 in thisH2088 cityH5892 and 8allH3605 the peopleH5971, by speakingH1696 wordsH1697 like theseH428 to them; for thisH2088 manH376 9is not seekingH1875 the well-beingH7965 of thisH2088 peopleH5971, but ratherH3588H518 their harmH7463.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 38:2 Jer 21:9 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 38:2 Jer 34:17; 42:17 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 38:2 Jer 21:9; 39:18; 45:5 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 38:3 Jer 21:10; 32:3-5 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 38:4 Jer 18:23; 26:11, 21; 36:12 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 38:4 Lit making slack the hands of ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 38:4 Ex 5:4; 1 Kin 18:17, 18; 21:20; Neh 6:9; Amos 7:10; Acts 16:20 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 38:4 Lit the hands of all ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 38:4 Jer 29:7 ↩

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