Jeremiah 38:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.””
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“This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Thus said Jehovah: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Jeremiah 38:3 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.
- Jeremiah 21:10For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’
- Jeremiah 32:3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
- Jeremiah 37:8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.
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