Jeremiah 38:15-17

International Standard Version

¹⁵ Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “When I tell you, you will surely put me to death, won’t you? And when I give you advice, you don’t listen to me.”

¹⁶ Then King Zedekiah, in secret, swore an oath to Jeremiah: “As surely as the Lord lives, who gave us this life to live, I won’t have you put to death, nor will I hand you over to these men who are seeking to kill you.”

¹⁷ So Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will immediately surrender^[a] to the officers^[b] of the king of Babylon, then you will live, and this city won’t be burned with fire. Both you and your family will live.