Jeremiah 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. ¹  Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared. ² 

2Ch 20:20; Isa 55:3; Jer 26:13; Da 4:27; Ac 26:29; 2Co 5:11,20; 2Co 6:1; Phm 1:8-10; Jas 1:22

¹ tn 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.

² tn Heb “your life [or you yourself] will live.” Compare v. 17 and the translator’s note there for the idiom.