OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 38:2

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“The LORD says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live. He will escape with his life and he will live.’

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Verse 2. Safe. Hebrew “a booty.” Calmet. 21:9.—Septuagint “like a thing found.” Calmet.—The Hebrew idiom implies that he shall most surely live. Voluntary offerings prevent eternal misery. Worthington.

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