Jer 38:17-23 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 38:17-18: 38:17-18 Jeremiah laid out the Lord’s decree. Zedekiah could save the city by surrendering or he could watch as it was destroyed by the invaders.

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‏ Jeremiah 38:17-23

Summary for Jer 38:17-18: 38:17-18 ^a Jeremiah laid out the Lord’s decree. Zedekiah could save the city by surrendering or he could watch as it was destroyed by the invaders.
38:19 ^b Zedekiah still feared his fellow countrymen—this time, those who had defected—more than he feared the Lord or the Babylonians, so he rejected Jeremiah’s advice. This was Jeremiah’s last message to the king.
Summary for Jer 38:20-22: 38:20-22 ^c Jeremiah reassured Zedekiah that everything would go well if Zedekiah chose to obey the Lord. If he refused, even his friends would abandon him.