Jeremiah 21:8-10

New Century Version

⁸ “Also tell this to the people of Jerusalem: ‘This is what the Lord says: I will let you choose to live or die. ⁹ Anyone who stays in Jerusalem will die in war or from hunger or from a terrible disease. But anyone who goes out of Jerusalem and surrenders to the Babylonians who are attacking you will live. Anyone who leaves the city will save his life as if it were a prize won in war. ¹⁰ I have decided to make trouble for this city and not to help it, says the Lord. I will give it to the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.’