Jeremiah 34:4
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“ ‘Yet hear the LORD’s promise to you, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
Read Jeremiah 34:4 Using Other Translations
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah; Thus saith the LORD of thee, Thou shalt not die by the sword:
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the LORD concerning you: 'You shall not die by the sword.
“‘But listen to this promise from the LORD, O Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the LORD says: You will not be killed in war
What does Jeremiah 34:4 mean?
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Jeremiah 34:4
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of
Judah
Which, though a king, he ought to hearken to; and, besides, what
follows was for comfort, being a mitigation of his sentence, and
containing in it mercy, as well as judgment: thus saith the
Lord of thee, thou shalt not die by the sword:
of the king of Babylon; or a violent death; and therefore fear
not to deliver up thyself and city into his hands; which he might
be twelfth to do, fearing he would put him to death immediately.
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