Verse 15
Jeremiah 38:15
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Then Jeremias said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken to me.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֨הוּ֙ אֶל צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ כִּ֚י אַגִּ֣יד לְ/ךָ֔ הֲ/ל֖וֹא הָמֵ֣ת תְּמִיתֵ֑/נִי וְ/כִי֙ אִיעָ֣צְ/ךָ֔ לֹ֥א תִשְׁמַ֖ע אֵלָֽ/י
English Translation
And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Indeed, I will tell you; will you not surely put me to death? And if I advise you, you will not listen to me."
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Chapter 38 Context
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Now Saphatias the son of Mathan, and Gedelias the son of Phassur, and Juchal the son of Selemias, an...
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Thus saith the Lord: Whosoever shell remain in this city, shall die by the sword, and by famine, and...
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Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Ba...
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And the princes said to the king: We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose...
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And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you an...
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Then they took Jeremias and cast him into the dungeon of Melchias the son of Amelech, which was in t...
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Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremi...
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And Abdemelech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:
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My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet,...
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Then the king commanded Abdemelech the Ethiopian, saying: Take from hence thirty men with thee, end...
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So Abdemelech taking the men with him, went into the king's house that was under the storehouse: and...
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And Abdemelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremias: Put these old rags and these rent and rotten things u...
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And they drew up Jeremias with the cords, and brought him forth out of the dungeon. And Jeremias rem...
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And king Sedecias sent, and took Jeremias the prophet to him to the third gate, that was in the hous...
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Then Jeremias said to Sedecias: If I shall declare it to thee, wilt thou not put me to death? and if...
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Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremias, in private, saying: As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul...
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And Jeremias said to Sedecias: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel: If thou wilt...
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But if thou wilt not go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, this city shall be delivered into...
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And king Sedecias said to Jeremias: I am afraid because of the Jews that are fled over to the Chalde...
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But Jeremias answered: They shall not deliver thee: hearken, I beseech thee, to the word of the Lord...
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But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:
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Behold all the women that are left in the house of the king of Juda, shall be brought out to the pri...
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And all thy wives, and thy children shall be brought out to the Chaldeans, and thou shalt not escape...
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Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die.
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But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee:...
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Thou shalt say to them: I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not command me to...
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So all the princes came to Jeremias, and asked him: and he spoke to them according to all the words...
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But Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison, until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and it cam...
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