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Jeremiah 38:5

Zedekiah

3 This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”

4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

6 So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

7 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

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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
“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
KJV
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
WEB
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
ASV
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
DARBY
And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
BLB
And the king Zedekiah said, “Behold, he [is] in your⁺ hands; for there is not a thing the king can do against you⁺.
ÅB
Da sa kong Sedekias: Se, han er i deres hånd; for kongen makter ikke noe mot dere.
OTB
Kong Sidkia sa: "Se, han er i deres hender; kongen kan ikke gjøre noe for å motsette seg dere."
B1930
Da sa kong Sedekias: Se, han er i eders hånd; for kongen makter ikke noget mot eder.

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Cross references

  • John 19:12–16

    From then on, Pilate tried to release Him, but the Jews kept shouting, “If you release this man, you are no friend of Caesar. Anyone who declares himself a king is defying Caesar.”

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  • 2 Samuel 3:39

    And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”

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  • 1 Samuel 15:24

    Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

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  • 2 Samuel 19:22

    And David replied, “Sons of Zeruiah, what have I to do with you, that you should be my adversaries today? Should any man be put to death in Israel today? Am I not indeed aware that today I am king over Israel?”

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  • Proverbs 29:25

    The fear of man is a snare, but whoever trusts in the LORD is set securely on high.

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  • 1 Samuel 29:9

    Achish replied, “I know that you are as pleasing in my sight as an angel of God. But the commanders of the Philistines have said, ‘He must not go into battle with us.’

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