17 So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord (A)God of armies, the (B)God of Israel says: ‘If you will indeed (C)surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then [a]you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will [b]survive. 18 But if you do (D)not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city (E)will be handed over to the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and (F)you yourself will not escape from their hands.’” 19 Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am (G)in fear of the Jews who have (H)deserted to the Chaldeans, for they may hand me over to them, and they will (I)abuse me.”

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  1. Jeremiah 38:17 Lit your soul
  2. Jeremiah 38:17 Lit live

15 then [a]in that case listen to the word of the Lord, you remnant of Judah. This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “If you really set your [b]minds to enter (A)Egypt and go in to reside there, 16 then the (B)sword, of which you are afraid, will overtake you there in the land of Egypt; and the famine, about which you are anxious, will follow closely after you there in Egypt, and you will die there.

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  1. Jeremiah 42:15 Lit now therefore
  2. Jeremiah 42:15 Lit face

19 Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: “As I live, My oath which he despised and My covenant which he broke, I will certainly [a]inflict on his head. 20 And I will spread My (A)net over him, and he will be (B)caught in My net. Then I will bring him to Babylon and (C)enter into judgment with him there regarding the unfaithful act which he has committed against Me. 21 All the [b](D)choice men in all his troops will fall by the sword, and the survivors will be scattered to every wind; and you will know that I, the Lord, have spoken.”

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  1. Ezekiel 17:19 Lit give it
  2. Ezekiel 17:21 As in many mss and ancient versions; MT refugees

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