Jeremiah 38:16-18

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private,^(A) “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life,^(B) I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who want to take your life.”

¹⁷ Jeremiah therefore said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If indeed you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon,^(C) then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive. ¹⁸ But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape from them.’”