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Jeremiah 37:19

Babylon

17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
KJV
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
WEB
Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?
ASV
Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
DARBY
And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
BLB
Where indeed [are] your⁺ prophets who prophesied to you⁺, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you⁺ or against this land’?
ÅB
Og hvor er nå deres profeter, de som profeterte for dere og sa: Babels konge skal ikke komme over dere og over dette land?
OTB
Hvor er nå dine profeter som profeterte for deg, ‘Kongen av Babylon vil ikke angripe deg eller dette landet’?
B1930
Og hvor er nu eders profeter, de som profeterte for eder og sa: Babels konge skal ikke komme over eder og over dette land?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 28:10–17

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the yoke from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

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  • Jeremiah 2:28

    But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

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  • Jeremiah 6:14

    They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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  • 2 Kings 3:13

    And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

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  • Jeremiah 8:11

    For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

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  • Jeremiah 14:13–15

    Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

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  • Jeremiah 28:1–5

    And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

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  • Jeremiah 23:17

    They say still unto them that despise me, The LORD hath said, Ye shall have peace; and they say unto every one that walketh after the imagination of his own heart, No evil shall come upon you.

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