Verse 25
Jeremiah 38:25
World English Bible, British Edition
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But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come
to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we
will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/כִֽי יִשְׁמְע֣וּ הַ/שָּׂרִים֮ כִּֽי דִבַּ֣רְתִּי אִתָּ/ךְ֒ וּ/בָ֣אוּ אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ וְֽ/אָמְר֪וּ אֵלֶ֟י/ךָ הַגִּֽידָ/ה נָּ֨א לָ֜/נוּ מַה דִּבַּ֧רְתָּ אֶל הַ/מֶּ֛לֶךְ אַל תְּכַחֵ֥ד מִמֶּ֖/נּוּ וְ/לֹ֣א נְמִיתֶ֑/ךָ וּ/מַה דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלֶ֖י/ךָ הַ/מֶּֽלֶךְ
English Translation
And when the officials hear that I have spoken with you, they will come to you and say to you, 'Please tell us what you spoke with the king; do not hide it from us, and we will not kill you. And what did the king say to you?'
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Chapter 38 Context
1
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son
of Shelemiah, and Pashhur t...
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2
“The LORD says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by
the famine, and by the pestil...
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3
The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army
of the king of Babylon, and...
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4
Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put
to death, because he weakens the hand...
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5
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king
can’t do anything to oppose you.”
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6
Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah
the king’s son, that was in the...
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7
Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s
house, heard that they had put Je...
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8
Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
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9
“My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done
to Jeremiah the prophet, whom...
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10
Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take
from here thirty men with you, and t...
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11
So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house
of the king under the treasury, and too...
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12
Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and
worn-out garments under your armp...
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13
So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the
dungeon; and Jeremiah remained...
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14
Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to
himself into the third entry that is in...
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15
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will
you not surely put me to death? If I g...
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16
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As
the LORD lives, who made our souls, I w...
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17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Armies,
the God (Elohim) of Israel, s...
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18
But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this
city will be given into the h...
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19
Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews
who have defected to the Chaldeans, les...
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20
But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you,
the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak...
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21
But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown
me:
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22
‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will
be brought out to the king of...
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23
They will bring out all your wives and your children to the
Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their...
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24
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words,
and you won’t die.
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25
But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come
to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to...
26
then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king,
that he would not cause me t...
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27
Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he
told them according to all these words...
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28
So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that
Jerusalem was taken.
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