Jeremiah 21:8 KJV
And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21:8, King James Version
In context
7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.
8 And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
9 He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- Deuteronomy 30:15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
- Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
- Isaiah 1:19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: