Jer 38:17, 19 | ESV | STEP | Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah , Thus says the Lord , the God of hosts , the God of Israel : If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon , then your life shall be spared , and this city shall not be burned with fire , and you and your house shall live .

a ver. 2, 21; [ch. 27:12, 13; 2 Kgs. 24:12]

Jeremiah 38:17

17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ^aIf you will surrender to ^bthe officials of the king of Babylon, ^cthen your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.

Jeremiah 38:19

19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans ^dwho have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me.”