^11 (A)Do not fear the king of Babylon, ^(B)of whom you are afraid. ^(C)Do not fear him, declares the Lord, ^(D)for I am with you, to save you and to deliver you from his hand.

God's Everlasting Love

³¹ What then shall we say to these things? ^(A)If God is for us, who can be^[a] against us?

^19 (A)They will fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you, for ^(B)I am with you, declares the Lord, to deliver you.”

^7 (A)“Be strong and courageous. ^(B)Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, ^(C)for there are more with us than with him. ⁸ With him is ^(D)an arm of flesh, ^(E)but with us is the Lord our God, to help us and to fight our battles.” And the people took confidence from the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.

¹⁷ But ^(A)the Lord stood by me and ^(B)strengthened me, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and ^(C)all the Gentiles might hear it. So ^(D)I was rescued ^(E)from the lion's mouth.

¹⁸ because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, ^(A)whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.