NET Bible
"But if you refuse to surrender, the LORD has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:"
— Jeremiah 38:21, NET Bible
“But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:”
“But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me: ”
“But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:”
“But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:”
“But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:”
“But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:”
But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.’”
Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah,“I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians. The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.”
Then Jeremiah answered,“You will not be handed over to them. Please obey the LORD by doing what I have been telling you. Then all will go well with you and your life will be spared.
But if you refuse to surrender, the LORD has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:
All the women who are left in the royal palace of Judah will be led out to the officers of the king of Babylon. They will taunt you saying,‘Your trusted friends misled you; they have gotten the best of you. Now that your feet are stuck in the mud, they have turned their backs on you.’
“All your wives and your children will be turned over to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from them but will be captured by the king of Babylon. This city will be burned down.”
Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah,“Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had. If you do, you will die.