1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Chr 9:12Acts 4:1-2Acts 4:6-10Acts 5:28Ezra 2:3Jer 21:1-10Jer 37:3-4Neh 11:12Neh 7:9
2Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 39:18Jer 34:17Jer 45:5Ezek 14:21Jer 42:17Ezek 5:12-17Ezek 6:11Ezek 7:15Jer 21:8-9Jer 24:8
3Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 21:10Jer 32:3-5
4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 26:11Acts 16:201 Kgs 18:17-181 Kgs 21:20Amos 7:10Exod 5:4Jer 29:7Neh 6:92 Chr 24:21Acts 17:6
5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 19:12-162 Sam 3:391 Sam 15:241 Sam 29:92 Sam 19:22Prov 29:25
6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:21Jer 37:16Jer 38:22Ps 69:14-15Ps 69:2Acts 16:24Gen 37:24Lam 3:52-55Ps 109:5Ps 40:2
7Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Amos 5:10Deut 21:19Jer 29:2Jer 37:13Jer 13:23Jer 39:16-18Luke 10:30-36Luke 13:29-30Matt 20:16Matt 8:11-12
8Ebed–melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, Many Bible Versions Ask AI
9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:21-38:6Esth 7:4-6Jer 52:6Job 31:34Prov 24:11-12Prov 31:8-9
10Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Esth 5:2Esth 8:7Prov 21:1Ps 75:10
11So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
12And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Eph 4:32Rom 12:10Rom 12:15
13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:21Acts 23:35Acts 28:16Acts 28:301 Kgs 22:27Acts 24:23-26Jer 38:28Jer 38:6Jer 39:14-18
14Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Kgs 22:16Jer 21:1-2Jer 37:171 Sam 3:17-18Jer 42:2-5Jer 42:201 Kgs 10:52 Chr 18:152 Kgs 16:18
15Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Luke 22:67-68
16So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto 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. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:17Jer 38:1-6Isa 57:16John 3:2Zech 12:1Jer 34:20Num 16:22Num 27:16Eccl 12:7Heb 12:9
17Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 27:12Jer 27:17Jer 38:2Jer 21:8-10Jer 39:32 Kgs 24:12Jer 7:6-71 Chr 17:24Amos 5:27Ps 80:14
18But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 25:4-10Jer 24:8-10Jer 32:3-5Jer 38:32 Kgs 24:122 Kgs 25:27-30Ezek 12:13Ezek 17:20-21Jer 34:19-22Jer 34:2-3
19And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 12:42Isa 51:12-13Isa 57:11Jer 38:22John 19:12-131 Sam 31:4Jer 39:91 Sam 15:24Isa 45:9-10Judg 16:25
20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Dan 4:27Isa 55:3Jer 26:132 Chr 20:20Acts 26:292 Cor 5:112 Cor 5:202 Cor 6:1Jas 1:22Jer 11:4
21But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Ezek 2:4-5Ezek 2:7Acts 18:6Acts 20:26-27Exod 10:3-4Exod 16:28Ezek 3:17-19Heb 12:25Isa 1:19-20Jer 15:19-21
22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 43:6Lam 1:2Lam 5:11Isa 42:17Jer 20:10Jer 38:19Jer 38:4-6Jer 41:10Jer 6:12Lam 1:13
23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 41:10Jer 38:18Jer 39:62 Chr 36:20-212 Kgs 25:7Jer 27:12-13Jer 52:8-13Ezek 14:9Ezek 43:3
24Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. Many Bible Versions Ask AI
25But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 38:27Jer 38:4-6
26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:20Jer 37:15Esth 4:8Jer 42:2
27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 10:15-161 Sam 16:2-52 Kgs 6:19Acts 23:6
28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Jer 37:21Jer 39:14Jer 15:20-21Jer 38:13Ps 23:42 Tim 3:112 Tim 4:17-18