Jeremiah 21:8-10

Holman Christian Standard Bible

A Warning for the People

⁸ “But you must say to this people, ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, I am presenting to you the way of life and the way of death.^{(A) 9} Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine, and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live and will retain his life like the spoils of war.^{(B) 10} For I have turned^[a] against this city to bring disaster^(C) and not good’”—this is the Lord’s declaration. “‘It will be handed over to the king of Babylon, who will burn it down.’^(D)