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20 ‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live. 21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the verdict[a] that the Lord has shown me: 22 “All the women[b] who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say to you,[c]

‘Your trusted friends[d] misled[e] you
and overcame you.
Your feet sank into the mire,
and they deserted you.’

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Footnotes

  1. 38:21 Or promise; lit word
  2. 38:22 Or wives
  3. 38:22 to you supplied for clarity
  4. 38:22 Lit ‘The men of your peace
  5. 38:22 Or incited