Jeremiah 38:17 References
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Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord aGod of hosts, the bGod of Israel, 'If you will indeed cgo out to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will survive.
c 2 Kings 24:12, 2 Kings 25:27-30, Jeremiah 21:8-10, Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:17, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 39:3
2 Kings 24
12
aJehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So bthe king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.
2 Kings 25
27
aNow it came about in the thirty-seventh year of bthe exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, creleased Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison;
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and he aspoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon.
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Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and ahad his meals in the king's presence regularly all the days of his life;
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and for his aallowance, a regular allowance was given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life.
Jeremiah 21
8
"You shall also say to this people, 'Thus says the Lord, "Behold, I aset before you the way of life and the way of death.
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"He who adwells in this city will die by the bsword and by famine and by pestilence; but he who goes out and falls away to the Chaldeans who are besieging you will live, and he will have his own life as booty.
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"For I have aset My face against this city for harm and not for good," declares the Lord. "It will be bgiven into the hand of the king of Babylon and he will cburn it with fire."'
Jeremiah 27
12
I spoke words like all these to aZedekiah king of Judah, saying, "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!
Jeremiah 27
17
"Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city abecome a ruin?
Jeremiah 38
2
"Thus says the Lord, 'He who astays in this city will die by the bsword and by famine and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own clife as booty and stay alive.'