Jeremiah 38:23
ContextNETBible | “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 |
XREF | 2Ki 25:7; 2Ch 36:20,21; Jer 27:12,13; Jer 38:18; Jer 39:6; Jer 41:10; Jer 52:8-13; Eze 14:9; Eze 43:3 |
NET © Notes |
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 |