Jeremiah 38:17

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Summary

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:

The god of hosts

Psalm 80:7

Amos 5:27

The god of israel

1 Chronicles 17:24

Ezra 9:4

If thou

Bible References

The god of hosts

Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.

And I will send you away as prisoners farther than Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of armies.

The god of israel

So let your words be made certain and your name be made great, when men say, The Lord of armies is the God of Israel; and when the family of David your servant is made strong before you.

Then everyone who went in fear of the words of the God of Israel, because of the sin of those who had come back, came together to me; and I kept where I was, overcome with grief, till the evening offering.

If thou

These are the words of the Lord: Whoever goes on living in this town will come to his death by the sword or through need of food or by disease: but whoever goes out to the Chaldaeans will keep his life out of the power of the attackers and be safe.

If you are not cruel to the man from a strange country, and to the child without a father, and to the widow, and do not put the upright to death in this place, or go after other gods, causing damage to yourselves:

And to this people you are to say, The Lord has said, See, I put before you the way of life and the way of death.

And I said all this to Zedekiah, king of Judah, saying, Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and become his servants and his people, so that you may keep your lives.

All the captains of the king of Babylon came in and took their places in the middle doorway of the town, Nergal-shar-ezer, ruler of Sin-magir, the Rabmag, and Nebushazban, the Rab-saris, and all the captains of the king of Babylon.

But his purpose is fixed and there is no changing it; and he gives effect to the desire of his soul.