Verse 16
Jeremiah 38:16
Noah Webster Bible
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So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע הַ/מֶּ֧לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בַּ/סֵּ֣תֶר לֵ/אמֹ֑ר חַי יְהוָ֞ה את אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשָׂה לָ֨/נוּ אֶת הַ/נֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַ/זֹּאת֙ אִם אֲמִיתֶ֔/ךָ וְ/אִם אֶתֶּנְ/ךָ֗ בְּ/יַד֙ הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֣ים הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֥ר מְבַקְשִׁ֖ים אֶת נַפְשֶֽׁ/ךָ
English Translation
And King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret, saying, "As the Lord lives, who made this soul for us, if I do not put you to death or deliver you into the hands of these men who seek your life."
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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...
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Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by th...
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Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, wh...
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4
Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he w...
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Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thin...
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6
Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in...
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Now when Ebed-melech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king's house, heard that they ha...
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Ebed-melech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
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9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom...
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10
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and t...
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11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and to...
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12
And Ebed-melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and decayed rags under t...
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13
So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the c...
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14
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in th...
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15
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and i...
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16
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul,...
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Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God (Elohim) of hosts, the God (Elohim) of...
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18
But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given into t...
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And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, l...
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20
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee . Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which...
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21
But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:
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And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the k...
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So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape o...
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Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
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But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declar...
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Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me...
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Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words...
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So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was ther...
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