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18 Because you trusted me, I will give you your life as a reward. I will rescue you and keep you safe. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”

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18 I will save(A) you; you will not fall by the sword(B) but will escape with your life,(C) because you trust(D) in me, declares the Lord.’”

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“This is what the Lord says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who surrender to the Babylonians[a] will live. Their reward will be life. They will live!’

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Footnotes

  1. 38:2 Or Chaldeans; also in 38:18, 19, 23.

“This is what the Lord says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague,(A) but whoever goes over to the Babylonians[a] will live. They will escape with their lives; they will live.’(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 38:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 18, 19 and 23

Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease, but those who go out and surrender to the Babylonians will live. Their reward will be life!

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Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, famine or plague.(A) But whoever goes out and surrenders(B) to the Babylonians who are besieging you will live; they will escape with their lives.(C)

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22 But the Lord will redeem those who serve him.
    No one who takes refuge in him will be condemned.

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22 The Lord will rescue(A) his servants;
    no one who takes refuge(B) in him will be condemned.

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12 God’s purpose was that we Jews who were the first to trust in Christ would bring praise and glory to God.

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12 in order that we, who were the first to put our hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory.(A)

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11 No, the Lord’s delight is in those who fear him,
    those who put their hope in his unfailing love.

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11 the Lord delights(A) in those who fear him,(B)
    who put their hope(C) in his unfailing love.(D)

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12 O Lord of Heaven’s Armies,
    what joy for those who trust in you.

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12 Lord Almighty,
    blessed(A) is the one who trusts in you.

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20 They cried out to God during the battle, and he answered their prayer because they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated.

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20 They were helped(A) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried(B) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted(C) in him.

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“But blessed are those who trust in the Lord
    and have made the Lord their hope and confidence.
They are like trees planted along a riverbank,
    with roots that reach deep into the water.
Such trees are not bothered by the heat
    or worried by long months of drought.
Their leaves stay green,
    and they never stop producing fruit.

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“But blessed(A) is the one who trusts(B) in the Lord,
    whose confidence is in him.
They will be like a tree planted by the water
    that sends out its roots by the stream.(C)
It does not fear when heat comes;
    its leaves are always green.
It has no worries in a year of drought(D)
    and never fails to bear fruit.”(E)

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Trust in the Lord and do good.
    Then you will live safely in the land and prosper.

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Trust in the Lord and do good;
    dwell in the land(A) and enjoy safe pasture.(B)

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21 Through Christ you have come to trust in God. And you have placed your faith and hope in God because he raised Christ from the dead and gave him great glory.

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21 Through him you believe in God,(A) who raised him from the dead(B) and glorified him,(C) and so your faith and hope(D) are in God.

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12 When the Gentiles sin, they will be destroyed, even though they never had God’s written law. And the Jews, who do have God’s law, will be judged by that law when they fail to obey it.

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12 All who sin apart from the law will also perish apart from the law, and all who sin under the law(A) will be judged by the law.

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“Baruch, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don’t do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”

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But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot(A) what I have planted,(B) throughout the earth.(C) Should you then seek great(D) things for yourself? Do not seek them.(E) For I will bring disaster(F) on all people,(G) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape(H) with your life.’”(I)

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