Jeremiah 21:8
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And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

I set.

Deuteronomy 11:26 Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse:

Deuteronomy 30:15,19 Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil: . . .

Isaiah 1:19,20 If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land. . . .

Context
Jerusalem will Fall to Babylon
7And after this, saith the Lord, I will give Sedecias the king of Juda, and his servants, and his people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, and the sword, and the famine, into the hand of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword, and he shall not be moved to pity, nor spare them, nor shew mercy to them. 8And to this people thou shalt say: Thus saith the Lord: Behold I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.9He that shall abide in this city, shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that shall go out and flee over to the Chaldeans, that besiege you, shall live, and his life shall be to him as a spoil.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:15
Consider that I have set before thee this day life and good, and on the other hand death and evil:

Deuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

Proverbs 12:28
In the path of justice is life: but the bye-way leadeth to death.

Isaiah 1:19
If you be willing, and will hearken to me, you shall eat the good things of the land.

Isaiah 1:20
But if you will not, and will provoke me to wrath: the sword shall devour you because the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

Jeremiah 38:17
And Jeremiah said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: If thou wilt take a resolution and go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burnt with fire: and thou shalt be safe, and thy house.

Lexicon
You are also to say
תֹּאמַ֔ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

this
הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

people,
הָעָ֤ם (hā·‘ām)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

‘This is what
כֹּ֖ה (kōh)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 3541: Like this, thus, here, now

the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3069: YHWH

says:
אָמַ֣ר (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

Behold,
הִנְנִ֤י (hin·nî)
Interjection | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

I set
נֹתֵן֙ (nō·ṯên)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

before
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם (lip̄·nê·ḵem)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

you
אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

the way
דֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of life
הַחַיִּ֖ים (ha·ḥay·yîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

and the way
דֶּ֥רֶךְ (de·reḵ)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

of death.
הַמָּֽוֶת׃ (ham·mā·weṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin


Additional Translations
You are also to say to this people, ‘This is what the LORD says: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.And to this people you shall say, Thus said the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

And thou shalt say to this people, Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I have set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.

To this people you shall say, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.

And unto this people thou dost say, Thus said Jehovah: Lo, I am setting before you the way of life, And the way of death!
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