Jer 39:16-18 | ESV | STEP | Go , and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian , Thus says the Lord of hosts , the God of Israel : Behold , I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and not for good , and they shall be accomplished before you on that day .

Jeremiah 39:16-18

16 “Go, and say to ^aEbed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ^bBehold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and ^cnot for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day. 17 But I will deliver you on that day, declares the Lord, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men ^dof whom you are afraid. 18 For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your ^elife as a prize of war, ^fbecause you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord.’”