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Jeremiah 38:18-20
New English Translation
Jeremiah 38:18-20
New English Translation
18 But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians[a] and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’”[b] 19 Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians.[c] The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.”[d] 20 Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you.[e] Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.[f]
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- Jeremiah 38:18 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
- Jeremiah 38:18 tn Heb “will not escape from their hand.”sn Zedekiah held out this hope of escape until the end. He tried to escape but was unsuccessful (cf. 39:4-5).
- Jeremiah 38:19 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
- Jeremiah 38:19 tn Or “and they will badly abuse me.” For the usage of this verb in the situation presupposed, see Judg 19:25 and 1 Sam 31:4.
- Jeremiah 38:20 tn Heb “Please listen to the voice of the Lord with regard to what I have been telling you.” For the idiom “listen to the voice” = “obey,” see BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע 1.m. Obedience here is expressed by following the advice in the qualifying clause, i.e., “what I have been telling you.”
- Jeremiah 38:20 tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Cf. v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom.
Jeremiah 38:18-20
New International Version
Jeremiah 38:18-20
New International Version
18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands(A) of the Babylonians and they will burn(B) it down; you yourself will not escape(C) from them.’”
19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid(D) of the Jews who have gone over(E) to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.”
20 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey(F) the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well(G) with you, and your life(H) will be spared.
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