15. Now the word of Adonai came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the guard’s courtyard, saying,
16. “Go, speak to Eved-melech the Ethiopian, saying, thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel: ‘Listen, I will bring about My words on this city for evil and not for good. They will happen before you in that day.
17. But I will deliver you in that day—it is a declaration of Adonai—and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.
18. “For I will surely rescue you, so you will not fall by the sword. But you will keep your life as spoils, because you put your trust in Me.” It is a declaration of Adonai.