Jeremiah 38:17
And Jeremias said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Chronicles 17:24And let thy name remain and be magnified for ever: and let it be said: The Lord of hosts is God of Israel, and the house of David his servant remaineth before him.
Job 23:13For he is alone, and no man can turn away his thought: and whatsoever is soul hath desired, that hath he done.
Psalms 80:14The boar out of the wood hath laid it waste: and a singular wild beast hath devoured it.
Jeremiah 21:8And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the Lord: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 27:17Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to 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 →