Jeremiah 38:16-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in private,^(A) “As the Lord lives, who has given us this life,^(B) I will not kill you or hand you over to these men who intend to take your life.”

¹⁷ Jeremiah therefore said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If indeed you surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon,^(C) then you will live, this city will not be burned, and you and your household will survive. ¹⁸ But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city will be handed over to the Chaldeans.^(D) They will burn it, and you yourself will not escape from them.’”