Jeremiah 38:18

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians ¹  and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’” ² 

2Ki 24:12; 2Ki 25:4-10; 2Ki 25:27-30; Jer 24:8-10; Jer 32:3-5; Jer 34:2,3,19-22; Jer 38:3,23; Jer 39:3,5-7; Jer 52:7-11; Eze 12:13; Eze 17:20,21; Eze 21:25-27

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

² tn 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).