Jeremiah 39:18
39:18 I will certainly save you. You will not fall victim to violence. 1 You will escape with your life 2 because you trust in me. I, the Lord, affirm it!”’” 3
Jeremiah 52:33-34
52:33 Jehoiachin 4 took off his prison clothes and ate daily in the king’s presence for the rest of his life.
52:34 He was given daily provisions by the king of Babylon for the rest of his life until the day he died.
1 sn Heb “you will not fall by the sword.” In the context this would include death in battle and execution as a prisoner of war.
2 tn Heb “your life will be to you for spoil.” For the meaning of this idiom see the study note on 21:9 and compare the usage in 21:9; 38:2; 45:4.
3 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
4 tn The subject is unstated in the Hebrew text, but Jehoiachin is clearly the subject of the following verb.