Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel. If thou will go forth to the king of Babylon's rulers, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and thou shall live,
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1 Chronicles 17:24And let thy name be established and magnified forever, saying, LORD of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel, and the house of David thy servant is established before thee.
Job 23:13But he is in one [mind], and who can turn him? And what his soul desires, even that he does.
Psalms 80:14Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts. Look down from heaven, and, behold, and visit this vine,
Jeremiah 21:8And thou shall say to this people, Thus says LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face upon this city for evil, and not for good, says LORD. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 27:17Hearken not to them. Serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city become a desolation?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:15-28
Zedekiah's Conference with Jeremiah. ( b. c. 589.) 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord : and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this… Read the whole commentary →