Verse 16
Jeremiah 38:16
New Living Translation
16
So King Zedekiah secretly promised him, “As surely as the LORD our Creator lives, I will not kill you or hand you over to the men who want you dead.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר חַי יְהוָ֞ה את אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשָׂה לָ֨/נוּ אֶת הַ/נֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַ/זֹּאת֙ אִם אֲמִיתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/אִם אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֗ בְּ/יַד֙ הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ
English Translation
And King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret, saying, "As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, if I do not put you to death or deliver you into the hands of these men who seek your life."
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Chapter 38 Context
1
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of...
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“This is what the LORD says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease,...
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3
The LORD also says: ‘The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of...
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4
So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will underm...
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5
King Zedekiah agreed. “All right,” he said. “Do as you like. I can’t stop you.”
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6
So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the p...
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But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern....
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so Ebed-melech rushed from the palace to speak with him.
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“My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet...
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So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern...
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11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he...
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12
Ebed-melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags under your armpits to protect you from the rope...
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13
they pulled him out. So Jeremiah was returned to the courtyard of the guard — the palace prison — wh...
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14
One day King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and had him brought to the third entrance of the LORD’s Temp...
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15
Jeremiah said, “If I tell you the truth, you will kill me. And if I give you advice, you won’t liste...
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16
So King Zedekiah secretly promised him, “As surely as the LORD our Creator lives, I will not kill yo...
17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God (Elohim) of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elo...
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18
But if you refuse to surrender, you will not escape! This city will be handed over to the Babylonian...
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19
“But I am afraid to surrender,” the king said, “for the Babylonians may hand me over to the Judeans...
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20
Jeremiah replied, “You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will b...
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21
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the LORD has revealed to me:
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22
All the women left in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the Babylonian ar...
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23
All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be...
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24
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!
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25
My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were tal...
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26
If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan’s dungeon, for fear y...
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Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the king’s officials came to Jeremiah and asked him why the king...
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And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
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