Jeremiah 38:2-4

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

² Thus saith the Lord: Whosoever shall remain in this city, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and by pestilence: but he that shall go forth to the Chaldeans, shall live, and his life shall be safe, and he shall live.

³ Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

⁴ And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.