Jeremiah 38:17 meaning and explanation
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
Jeremiah 38:17, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah speaks these words to King Zedekiah in the last months before Jerusalem falls to Babylon. The king has summoned him secretly, and the prophet sets a clear choice before him: surrender to Babylon's officers and live, or resist and lose everything.
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