Verse 20
Jeremiah 37:20
Literal Standard Version
20
And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I do not die 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 the force of Pharaoh has come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans who are laying siege against Jerus...
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And there is a word of YHWH to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
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and the Chaldeans have turned back and fought against this city, and captured it, and burned it with...
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And now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my supplication fall before you, and do not c...
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