Jeremiah 38:23
Context38:23 “All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. 1 You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the 2 king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.” 3
Jeremiah 44:6
Context44:6 So my anger and my wrath were poured out and burned like a fire through the towns of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem. That is why they have become the desolate ruins that they are today.’
1 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.
2 tn Heb “you yourself will not escape from their hand but will be seized by [caught in] the hand of the king of Babylon.” Neither use of “hand” is natural to the English idiom.
3 tc This translation follows the reading of the Greek version and a few Hebrew