Verse 15
Jeremiah 38:15
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King Zedekiah solemnly promised Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who gave us this life, I won't have you killed, and I won't hand you over to those who want to kill you.”
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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Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchi...
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This is what the Lord says: Anyone who remains in this city will die from war and famine and disease...
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This is what the Lord says: Be sure of this—Jerusalem will be handed over to the army of the king of...
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The officers told the king, “This man deserves to die because he's demoralizing the defenders left i...
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“Well, you can do whatever you want to him,” King Zedekiah replied. “I can't stop you.”
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So they took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern belonging to Malchiah, the king's son, which was in...
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Ebed-melech the Cushite, a royal official in the king's palace, found out that they had put Jeremiah...
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“My lord the king, all these terrible things these men have done to Jeremiah the prophet are evil. T...
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So the king gave the order to Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men with you and go and pull Jer...
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10
Ebed-melech took the men and went to the storehouse under the palace. He took some rags and old clot...
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Ebed-melech the Cushite called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags and old clothes under your arms to...
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and using the ropes they pulled him up and took him out of the cistern. Jeremiah stayed there in the...
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13
Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and met him at the third Temple entrance. “I need t...
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14
“If I tell you then you'll definitely have me killed,” Jeremiah replied. “Even if I were to give you...
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15
King Zedekiah solemnly promised Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who gave us this life, I wo...
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Then Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God (Elohim) Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israe...
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But if you don't hand yourself over to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be g...
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But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of those people of Judah who have gone over to the...
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“They won't hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “If you obey what the Lord says by doing what I tell y...
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But if you refuse to hand yourself over, this is what the Lord has told me:
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All the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be led out and handed over to the...
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All your wives and children will be handed over to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape,...
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Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Nobody can find out about this conversation, otherwise you'll die.
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If the officers find out that I've talked with you, and they come and ask you, ‘Tell us what you and...
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then you are to tell them, ‘I was asking the king to grant my request not to return me to the house...
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When all the officers came to Jeremiah wanting to know, he repeated to them exactly what the king ha...
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