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Jeremiah 38:18

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

KJV

Si autem non exieris ad principes regis Babylonis, tradetur civitas hæc in manus Chaldæorum, et succendent eam igni : et tu non effugies de manu eorum.

Vulgate

ἀκοὴν ἤκουσα Ἐφράιμ ὀδυρομένου Ἐπαίδευσάς με καὶ ἐπαιδεύθην· ἐγὼ ὥσπερ μόσχος οὐκ ἐδιδάχθην· ἐπίστρεψόν με καὶ ἐπιστρέψω, ὅτι σὺ Κύριος ὁ θεός μου.

LXX

But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

ASV

וְ/אִ֣ם לֹֽא תֵצֵ֗א אֶל שָׂרֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ בָּבֶ֔ל וְ/נִתְּנָ֞ה הָ/עִ֤יר הַ/זֹּאת֙ בְּ/יַ֣ד הַ/כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וּ/שְׂרָפ֖וּ/הָ בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ וְ/אַתָּ֖ה לֹֽא תִמָּלֵ֥ט מִ/יָּדָֽ/ם

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
בָּבֶ֖ל
bbl
proper_noun · 262×
ה
h
verb · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
כַּשְׂדִּ֔ים
kshdym
noun · 82×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 1071×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
עִ֣יר
'yr
noun · 1093×
שָׂרֵ֣י
shry
noun · 420×
שָׂרַ֥ף
shrp
verb · 116×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Kgs 24:12 — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his re
  • 2Kgs 25:4 — And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king’s garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the
  • 2Kgs 25:27 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon i
  • Ezek 12:13 — My net also will I spread upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare: and I will bring him to Babylon to the land of the Chaldeans; yet shall he not see it, though he shall die there.
  • Ezek 17:15 — But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and much people. Shall he prosper? shall he escape that doeth such things? or shall he break the cove
  • Ezek 17:20 — And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.
  • Jer 21:10 — For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
  • Jer 24:8 — And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this
  • Jer 32:3 — For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it
  • Jer 32:4 — And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes
  • Jer 34:2 — Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn
  • Jer 34:19 — The princes of Judah, and the princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, and the priests, and all the people of the land, which passed between the parts of the calf;
  • Jer 37:8 — And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
  • Jer 38:3 — Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.
  • Jer 38:23 — So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this c
  • Jer 38:23 — So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this c
  • Jer 39:3 — 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
  • Jer 39:5 — 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
  • Jer 39:5 — 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
  • Jer 39:8 — And the Chaldeans burned the king’s house, and the houses of the people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.
  • Jer 52:7 — Then the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled, and went forth out of the city by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden; (now the Chaldeans were