Jeremiah 39:18 meaning and explanation

For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”

Jeremiah 39:18, Berean Standard Bible

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These words close a message the LORD gave Jeremiah for Ebed-melech the Cushite, the foreign official who had earlier rescued the prophet from a cistern. Jerusalem has fallen to Babylon, and God says the city's ruin will come before Ebed-melech's eyes, yet promises to deliver him personally.

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