“Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”
Jeremiah 38:3 (WEB)
Context Reading
1Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying, 2“Yahweh says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live. He will escape with his life and he will live.’ 3Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’” 4Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.” 5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”