Jer 21:8-9
8 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
8 “Now you shall say to this people, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. 9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
As Judah was told their guilt and it's punishment certain to come, they were given a way out of the death they earned - submit, give up their lives to save them. So God offers eternal life with Him in the new Jerusalem to come, by admitting we deserve the justice and its punishment we earned in rebellion to God. Then we hand ourselves over to be delivered from that justice; deliverance is another word for salvation. So the prize of life is given to those who give it up to Jesus Christ.
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