Verse 20
Jeremiah 37:20
Young's Literal Translation
20
And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee, and cause me not to return [to] the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I die not there.'
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ תִּפָּל נָ֤א תְחִנָּתִ/י֙ לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/אַל תְּשִׁבֵ֗/נִי בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַ/סֹּפֵ֔ר וְ/לֹ֥א אָמ֖וּת שָֽׁם
English Translation
And now, please listen, my lord, the king; please do not turn away my plea from you, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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Chapter 37 Context
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and he hath not hearkened, he, and his servants, and the people of the land, unto the words of Jehov...
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And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest, un...
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And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people, (and they have not put him in th...
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and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans, who are laying siege against Jer...
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And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
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'Thus said Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah, who is sending yo...
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and the Chaldeans have turned back, and fought against this city, and captured it, and burnt it with...
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for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were l...
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And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because...
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that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go [to] the land of Benjamin, to receive a portion thence...
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And it cometh to pass, he is at the gate of Benjamin, and there [is] a master of the ward -- and his...
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And Jeremiah saith, 'Falsehood -- I am not falling unto the Chaldeans;' and he hath not hearkened un...
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and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah, and have smitten him, and put him in the prison-house -- t...
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When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon, and unto the cells, then Jeremiah dwelleth...
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and the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh him, and the king asketh him in his house in secret, and s...
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And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah, 'What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servant...
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And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in ag...
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And now, hearken, I pray thee, my lord, O king, let my supplication fall, I pray thee, before thee,...
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