Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: 'If you will go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.
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1 Chronicles 17:24Let your name be established and magnified forever, saying, 'The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel. The house of David your servant is established before you.'
Job 23:13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him?What his soul desires, even that he does.
Psalms 80:14Turn again, we beg you, God of Hosts.Look down from heaven, and see, and visit this vine,
Jeremiah 21:8To this people you shall say, "Thus says the Lord: 'Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face on this city for evil, and not for good,' says the Lord: 'it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.'
Jeremiah 27:17Do not listen 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 →