Jeremiah 21:10

21:10 For I, the Lord, say that I am determined not to deliver this city but to bring disaster on it. It will be handed over to the king of Babylon and he will destroy it with fire.’”

Jeremiah 39:17

39:17 But I will rescue you when it happens. I, the Lord, affirm it! You will not be handed over to those whom you fear.

tn Heb “oracle of the Lord.”

tn Heb “I have set my face against this city for evil [i.e., disaster] and not for good [i.e., well-being].” For the use of the idiom “set one’s face against/toward” see, e.g., usage in 1 Kgs 2:15; 2 Kgs 2:17; Jer 42:15, 17 and note the interesting interplay of usage in Jer 44:11-12.

tn Heb “he will burn it with fire.”

tn Heb “But I will rescue you on that day” (referring to the same day mentioned in the preceding verse).

tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

sn Some commentators see this as a reference to the princes from whose clutches Ebed-Melech delivered Jeremiah (38:7-13). However, it is clear that in this context it refers to those that he would fear when the Lord brings about the threatened disaster, i.e., the Babylonians who are attacking the city.