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13 There is no reason why you and your people should die in war[a] or from starvation or disease.[b] That’s what the Lord says will happen to any nation[c] that will not be subject to the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 27:13 tn Heb “with/by the sword.”
  2. Jeremiah 27:13 tn Heb “Why should you and your people die…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer made explicit in the translation, “There is no reason!”
  3. Jeremiah 27:13 tn Heb “…disease according to what the Lord spoke concerning the nation that…”