nowbehold,thistownis near[enough] to fleeto, and it is small.Please,let me escapethere(is it not small?)that my lifemay be saved."
"Pleasesaythat you are my sistersothat it may gowellwith me becauseof you, and that I may liveon accountof you."
"Nowbehold,your servanthas foundfavorin your sight,and you have magnifiedyour lovingkindness,whichyou have shownme by savingmy life;but I cannotescapeto the mountains,for the disasterwill overtakeme and I will die;
He saidto him, "Behold,I grantyou thisrequestalso,not to overthrowthe townof whichyou have spoken.
Lotwentup from Zoar,and stayedin the mountains,and his twodaughterswith him; for he was afraidto stayin Zoar;and he stayedin a cave,he and his twodaughters.
Let my soullivethat it may praiseYou, And let Your ordinanceshelpme.
"Inclineyour earand cometo Me. Listen,that you may live;And I will makean everlastingcovenantwith you, [According to] the faithfulmerciesshown to David.
But Jeremiahsaid,"They will not giveyou over. Pleaseobeythe LORDin whatI am sayingto you, that it may gowellwith you and you may live.
Ifa trumpetis blownin a citywill not the peopletremble?Ifa calamityoccursin a cityhas not the LORDdoneit?
