¹⁷ So Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord ^(A)God of armies, the ^(B)God of Israel says: ‘If you will indeed ^(C)surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then ^[a]you will live, this city will not be burned with fire, and you and your household will ^[b]survive. ¹⁸ But if you do ^(D)not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city ^(E)will be handed over to the Chaldeans; and they will burn it with fire, and ^(F)you yourself will not escape from their hands.’”