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Jeremiah 38:18-21

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38:18 But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians¹ and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’”² 38:19 Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians.³ The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.”⁴ 38:20 Then Jeremiah answered, “You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the Lord by doing what I have been telling you.⁵ Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.⁶ 38:21 But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:

¹tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

²tn Heb “will not escape from their hand.”

sn Zedekiah held out this hope of escape until the end and attempted to do so but was unsuccessful (cf. 39:4-5).

³tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

⁴tn Or “and they will badly abuse me.” For the usage of this verb in the situation presupposed see Judg 19:25 and 1 Sam 31:4.

⁵tn Heb “Please listen to the voice of the Lord with regard to what I have been telling you.” For the idiom “listen to the voice” = “obey” see BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע 1.m. Obedience here is expressed by following the advice in the qualifying clause, i.e., what I have been telling you.

⁶tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom.

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