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. ”
היושב בעיר הזאת ימות בחרב וברעב ובדבר; והיוצא ונפל על הכשדים הצרים עליכם וחיה, והיתה לו נפשו לשלל ” (‏ ירמיהו כ ” א: ​ 8, 9‏).