Jeremiah 38:17

Modern English Version

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then your soul will live and this city will not be burned with fire. Thus you and your household will live.

Cross References

Genesis 12:13

Say you are my sister so that I may be treated well for your sake. Then my life will be spared because of you.”

2 Kings 24:12

and Jehoiachin king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his eunuchs. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 25:27

In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Awel-Marduk king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison.

1 Chronicles 17:24

Let Your name endure and be magnified forever, saying, ‘The Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God to Israel.’ And let the house of David Your servant be established before You.

Ezra 9:4

Because of the vile behavior of those who had been in exile, everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered to me, but I sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.

Job 23:13

“But He is resolute, and who can turn Him? And whatever His soul desires, that He does.

Psalm 80:14

Return, we beseech You, O God of Hosts; look down from heaven and see; have regard for this vine,

Psalm 80:7

Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved.

Jeremiah 27:12

I spoke also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying: Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live.

Jeremiah 27:17

Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live. Why should this city be laid waste?

Jeremiah 27:8

It shall come to pass that I will punish the nation and kingdom which will not serve Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, says the Lord. I will punish that nation with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

Jeremiah 38:2

Thus says the Lord: He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. But he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live, for he shall have his life as plunder, and shall live.

Jeremiah 39:3

All the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim the Rabsaris, Nergal-sharezer the Rabmag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 40:9

Then Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan swore to them and to their men, saying, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.

Jeremiah 44:7

Now thus says the Lord God of Hosts, the God of Israel: Why are you committing this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and infant, out of Judah, leaving you no one to remain,

Ezekiel 8:4

Behold, the glory of the God of Israel was there, according to the vision that I saw in the plain.

Amos 5:27

as I drive you away into exile beyond Damascus, says the Lord, whose name is the God of Hosts.