Verse 5

Jeremiah 38:5

Noah Webster Bible

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ הַ/מֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ הִנֵּה ה֖וּא בְּ/יֶדְ/כֶ֑ם כִּֽי אֵ֣ין הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ יוּכַ֥ל אֶתְ/כֶ֖ם דָּבָֽר

English Translation

And the king Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hand, for the king cannot do anything against you."

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Chapter 38 Context

1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, a... Focus ↗

2 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by th... Focus ↗

3 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, wh... Focus ↗

4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he w... Focus ↗

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thin...

6 Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in... Focus ↗

7 Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they ha... Focus ↗

8 Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying, Focus ↗

9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom... Focus ↗

10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and t... Focus ↗

11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and to... Focus ↗

12 And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and decayed rags under t... Focus ↗

13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the c... Focus ↗

14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in th... Focus ↗

15 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and i... Focus ↗

16 So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul,... Focus ↗

17 Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the God (Elohim) of... Focus ↗

18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into t... Focus ↗

19 And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, l... Focus ↗

20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee . Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which... Focus ↗

21 But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me: Focus ↗

22 And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the k... Focus ↗

23 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape o... Focus ↗

24 Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. Focus ↗

25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declar... Focus ↗

26 Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me... Focus ↗

27 Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words... Focus ↗

28 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was ther... Focus ↗

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