^{8 Ref} And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

^{9 Ref} 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 passeth over to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.