Verse 17
Jeremiah 38:17
GOD'S WORD Translation
17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. You will live, along with your house.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ אֶל צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֵ֨י צְבָא֜וֹת אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אִם יָצֹ֨א תֵצֵ֜א אֶל שָׂרֵ֤י מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶל֙ וְ/חָיְתָ֣ה נַפְשֶׁ֔/ךָ וְ/הָ/עִ֣יר הַ/זֹּ֔את לֹ֥א תִשָּׂרֵ֖ף בָּ/אֵ֑שׁ וְ/חָיִ֖תָה אַתָּ֥ה וּ/בֵיתֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: If you surely go out to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life will be spared and this city will not be burned with fire, and you will live, you and your house."
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Chapter 38 Context
1
Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and P...
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“Yahweh says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilen...
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Yahweh says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and h...
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Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hand...
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Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
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Then took they Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the...
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Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Je...
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Ebedmelech 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 to Jeremiah the prophet, whom...
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Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and t...
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So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and too...
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Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armp...
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So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained i...
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Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in...
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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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So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I...
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17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, say...
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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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But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, Yahweh’s voice, in that which I speak t...
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But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
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‘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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They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their...
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Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.
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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...
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then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me t...
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Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words...
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So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
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