Jeremiah 38:15-16

New International Version

¹⁵ Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I give you an answer, will you not kill me? Even if I did give you counsel, you would not listen to me.”

¹⁶ But King Zedekiah swore this oath secretly^(A) to Jeremiah: “As surely as the Lord lives, who has given us breath,^(B) I will neither kill you nor hand you over to those who want to kill you.”^(C)