Jeremiah 38:2 meaning and explanation
“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.
Jeremiah 38:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Jeremiah speaks these words in Jerusalem while the Babylonian army besieges the city. He is repeating the message God has given him throughout the siege: resistance means death by sword, famine and plague, while surrender to the Chaldeans, the Babylonians, means survival.
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