Jeremiah 27:13

27:13 There is no reason why you and your people should die in war ¹  or from starvation or disease! ²  That’s what the Lord says will happen to any nation ³  that will not be subject to the king of Babylon.

[27:13]  ¹ tn Heb “with/by the sword.”

[27:13]  ² tn Heb “Why should you and your people die…?” The rhetorical question expects the answer made explicit in the translation, “There is no reason!”

[27:13]  ³ tn Heb “…disease according to what the Lord spoke concerning the nation that…”