Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha GNTA
New International Version NIV
15 While I was still imprisoned in the palace courtyard, the Lord told me
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While Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him:
16 to tell Ebedmelech the Ethiopian that the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, had said, "Just as I said I would, I am going to bring upon this city destruction and not prosperity. And when this happens, you will be there to see it.
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“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.
17 But I, the Lord, will protect you, and you will not be handed over to the people you are afraid of.
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But I will rescue you on that day, declares the LORD; you will not be given into the hands of those you fear.
18 I will keep you safe, and you will not be put to death. You will escape with your life because you have put your trust in me. I, the Lord, have spoken."
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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.’ ”
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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