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Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

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ASV

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thy house.

KJV

Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

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Original language & word study

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יִרְמְיָ֣הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667 →
כֹּֽה־koh-thusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָה֩Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֨י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
צְבָא֜וֹתtze.va.'othostsH6635 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אִם־'im-<if>H518 →
יָצֹ֨אya.Tzo'certainly [if] <to go out>H3318 →
תֵצֵ֜אte.Tze'you will go outH3318 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
שָׂרֵ֤יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶל֙ba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְחָיְתָ֣הve.cha.ye.Tahand you will liveH2421 →
נַפְשֶׁ֔ךָnaf.She.khaself yourH5315 →
וְהָעִ֣ירve.ha.'Irand the cityH5892 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
תִשָּׂרֵ֖ףti.sa.Refit will be burnedH8313 →
בָּאֵ֑שׁba.'Eshwith <the> fireH784 →
וְחָיִ֖תָהve.cha.Yi.tahand you will liveH2421 →
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859 →
וּבֵיתֶֽךָ׃u.vei.Te.khaand household yourH1004 →

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Jeremiah 27:12And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!Jeremiah 27:17Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?Jeremiah 38:2“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.Jeremiah 39:3Then all the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-sarsekim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.Jeremiah 21:8–10Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.2 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.Jeremiah 7:6–7if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,Psalms 80:7Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.1 Chronicles 17:24so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.Psalms 80:14Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD, whose name is the God of Hosts.Ezra 9:4Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.Ezekiel 17:14so that the kingdom would be brought low, unable to lift itself up, surviving only by keeping his covenant.Zephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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