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class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">1</a>In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army and laid siege to it.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">1</a>In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">1</a>Now when Jerusalem was captured in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it;</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">1</a>In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-1.htm">1</a>In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon advanced against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to it.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">2</a>And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city wall was broken through.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">2</a>In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">2</a>in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was breached.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">2</a>And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city was broken up.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-2.htm">2</a>In the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, on the ninth day of the month, the city was broken into.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">3</a>Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and took seats in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officials of the king of Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">3</a>Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">3</a>Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of the king of Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">3</a>And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-3.htm">3</a>All the officials of the king of Babylon entered and sat at the Middle Gate: Nergal-sharezer, Samgar, Nebusarsechim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the rest of the officials of Babylon's king. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">4</a>When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled; they left the city at night by way of the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and headed toward the Arabah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">4</a>When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king’s garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">4</a>When Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, they fled and went out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and he went out toward the Arabah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">4</a>And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-4.htm">4</a>When he saw them, Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers fled. They left the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls. They left along the route to the Arabah.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">5</a>But the Babylonian army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They captured him and took him to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced sentence on him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">5</a>But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence on him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">5</a>But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; and they seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence on him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">5</a>But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-5.htm">5</a>However, the Chaldean army pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, arrested him, and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, Babylon's king, at Riblah in the land of Hamath. The king passed sentence on him there. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">6</a>There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes and also killed all the nobles of Judah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">6</a>The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">6</a>Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes at Riblah; the king of Babylon also slew all the nobles of Judah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">6</a>Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-6.htm">6</a>At Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his eyes, and he also slaughtered all Judah's nobles. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">7</a>Then he put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">7</a>He put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">7</a>He then blinded Zedekiah's eyes and bound him in fetters of bronze to bring him to Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">7</a>Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to carry him to Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-7.htm">7</a>Then he blinded Zedekiah and put him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">8</a>The Babylonians set fire to the royal palace and the houses of the people and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">8</a>The Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the house of the people, and broke down the walls of Jerusalem.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">8</a>The Chaldeans also burned with fire the king's palace and the houses of the people, and they broke down the walls of Jerusalem.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">8</a>And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-8.htm">8</a>The Chaldeans next burned down the king's palace and the people's houses and tore down the walls of Jerusalem.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">9</a>Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard carried into exile to Babylon the people who remained in the city, along with those who had gone over to him, and the rest of the people.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">9</a>Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">9</a>As for the rest of the people who were left in the city, the deserters who had gone over to him and the rest of the people who remained, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried them into exile in Babylon.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">9</a>Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-9.htm">9</a>Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, deported the rest of the people to Babylon--those who had remained in the city and those deserters who had defected to him along with the rest of the people who had remained. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">10</a>But Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people, who owned nothing; and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">10</a>Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">10</a>But some of the poorest people who had nothing, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">10</a>But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">10</a>However, Nebuzaradan, the commander of the guards, left in the land of Judah some of the poor people who owned nothing, and he gave them vineyards and fields at that time. </td></tr></table> Jeremiah Delivered<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm">11</a>Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given these orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan commander of the imperial guard:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm">11</a>Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm">11</a>Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm">11</a>Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-11.htm">11</a>Speaking through Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon gave orders concerning Jeremiah, saying: </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">12</a>"Take him and look after him; don't harm him but do for him whatever he asks."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">12</a>“Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">12</a>"Take him and look after him, and do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">12</a>Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-12.htm">12</a>"Take him, look after him, and don't let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says."</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">13</a>So Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard, Nebushazban a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer a high official and all the other officers of the king of Babylon</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">13</a>So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">13</a>So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the Rab-saris, and Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon;</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">13</a>So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-13.htm">13</a>Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">14</a>sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">14</a>sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">14</a>they even sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guardhouse and entrusted him to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">14</a>Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-14.htm">14</a>had Jeremiah brought from the guard's courtyard and turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among his own people. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/39.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-15.htm">15</a>While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-15.htm">15</a>The word of the LORD came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-15.htm">15</a>Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guardhouse, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-15.htm">15</a>Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-15.htm">15</a>Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard's courtyard:</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">16</a>"Go and tell Ebed-Melek the Cushite, 'This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words against this city--words concerning disaster, not prosperity. At that time they will be fulfilled before your eyes.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">16</a>“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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">16</a>"Go and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">16</a>Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-16.htm">16</a>"Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill My words for harm and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-17.htm">17</a>But I will rescue you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-17.htm">17</a>But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you shall not be given into the hand of the men of whom you are afraid.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-17.htm">17</a>"But I will deliver you on that day," declares the LORD, "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-17.htm">17</a>But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-17.htm">17</a>But I will rescue you on that day"--this is the LORD's declaration--"and you will not be handed over to the men you fear. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">18</a>I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.'"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">18</a>For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the LORD.’”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">18</a>"For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as booty, because you have trusted in Me," declares the LORD.'"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">18</a>For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/jeremiah/39-18.htm">18</a>Indeed, I will certainly deliver you so that you do not fall by the sword. 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