At the height of the siege, Jehovah said to the Jews: “Here I am putting before you people the way of life and the way of death. The one sitting still in this city will die by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence; but the one who is going out and who actually falls away to the Chaldeans who are laying siege against you will keep living, and his soul will certainly come to be his as a spoil. ”
Laikā, kad pilsēta atradās aplenkumā, Jehova paziņoja jūdiem: ” Redzi, Es lieku jums priekšā izvēlēties dzīvības vai nāves ceļu: kas paliek še pilsētā, tie mirs no zobena, no bada vai mēŗa, bet kas iziet un padodas kaldējiem, kas jūs apsēduši, tie paliks dzīvi un nokļūs drošībā. ” ( Jeremijas 21: 8, 9.)