The Way of Life and the Way of Death

⁸ “And to this people you shall say, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Look, I am setting before you^[a] the way of life and the way of death. ⁹ He who stays in this city will die by the sword, or by the famine, or by the plague. And he who goes out and goes over to the Chaldeans who are laying siege to you will live, and his life will be to him as booty. ¹⁰ For I have set my face against this city for evil and not for good,” declares^[b] Yahweh. It will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.”’