Text -- Jeremiah 38:18 (NET)

38:18 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.’”

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 38:18

¹ tn Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for explanation.

² tn Heb “will not escape from their hand.”

sn Zedekiah held out this hope of escape until the end and attempted to do so but was unsuccessful (cf. 39:4-5).