17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: (A)If you will surrender to (B)the officials of the king of Babylon, (C)then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.

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17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender(A) to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.(B)

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20 Jeremiah said, “You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, (A)and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared.

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20 “They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey(A) the Lord by doing what I tell you. Then it will go well(B) with you, and your life(C) will be spared.

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When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward (A)the Arabah.

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When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls,(A) and headed toward the Arabah.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:4 Or the Jordan Valley

(A)He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.

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Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes(A) and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.(B)

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