Jeremiah 38:17

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What does Jeremiah 38:17 mean?

Jeremiah 38:17 in the original Hebrew

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Cross references for Jeremiah 38:17

• Jeremiah 27:12

  I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

• Jeremiah 27:17

  Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?

• Jeremiah 38:2

  Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

• Jeremiah 21:8-10

  And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death. He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey. For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

• Jeremiah 39:3

  And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergal–sharezer, Samgar–nebo, Sarsechim, Rab–saris, Nergal–sharezer, Rab–mag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.

• Jeremiah 7:6-7

  If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt: Then will I cause you to dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers, for ever and ever.

• 2 Kings 24:12

  And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

• Psalms 80:7

  Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

• Psalms 80:14

  Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

• Amos 5:27

  Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith the Lord, whose name is The God of hosts.

• 1 Chronicles 17:24

  Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

• Job 23:13

  But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.

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Context

• Jeremiah 38:16

  So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

• Jeremiah 38:17

  Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

• Jeremiah 38:18

  But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

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