That made us this soul— Who hath given us this time to breathe; that is to say, "this intermission from the siege, by the absence of the Chaldeans."
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Jeremiah 38:16
16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.