Jeremiah 38

Verse 1

WEB Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people, saying,

KJV Then 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,

TSK Shephatiah: ezr 2:3, ne 7:9; Jucal: jer 37:4; Jehucal: jer 21:1-10; Melchiah: 1ch 9:12; Malchijah: ne 11:12; heard: ac 4:1,2,6-10, ac 5:28

Verse 2

WEB Thus says Yahweh, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.

KJV Thus 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.

TSK He: jer 38:17-23, jer 21:8,9, jer 24:8, jer 27:13, jer 29:18, jer 34:17, jer 42:17,22, jer 44:13, eze 5:12-17, eze 6:11, eze 7:15, eze 14:21, mt 24:7,8, re 6:4-8; shall have: jer 21:9, jer 39:18, jer 45:5

Verse 3

WEB Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.

KJV Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

TSK Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.: jer 21:10, jer 32:3-5

Verse 4

WEB Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt.”

KJV Therefore 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.

TSK the princes: jer 26:11,21-23, jer 36:12-16, 2ch 24:21, eze 22:27, mic 3:1-3, zep 3:1-3; thus: ex 5:4, 1ki 18:17,18, 1ki 21:20, ezr 4:12, ne 6:9, am 7:10, lu 23:2, joh 11:46-50, ac 16:20, ac 17:6, ac 24:5, ac 28:22; welfare: jer 29:7

Verse 5

WEB Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against 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.

TSK for: 1sa 15:24, 1sa 29:9, 2sa 3:39, 2sa 19:22, pr 29:25, joh 19:12-16

Verse 6

WEB Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

KJV Then 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.

TSK took: jer 37:21, ps 109:5, lu 3:19,20; into: jer 37:16, la 3:55, ac 16:24, 2co 4:8,9, heb 10:36; Hammelech: jer 36:26; and they: jer 38:11,12; And in: jer 38:22, ge 37:24, ps 40:2, ps 69:2,14,15, la 3:52-55, zec 9:11

Verse 7

WEB Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin),

KJV Now when Ebedmelech 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;

TSK Ebed-melech: jer 39:16-18; Ethiopian: jer 13:23, ps 68:31, mt 8:11,12, mt 20:16, lu 10:30-36, lu 13:29,30, ac 8:27-39; eunuchs: jer 29:2, jer 34:19, 2ki 24:15; the king: jer 37:13, de 21:19, job 29:7-17, am 5:10

Verse 8

WEB Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,

KJV Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

TSK No cross references.

Verse 9

WEB My 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 likely to die in the place where he is, because of the famine; for there is no more bread in the city.

KJV My 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.

TSK these: jer 38:1-6, es 7:4-6, job 31:34, pr 24:11,12, pr 31:8,9; is like to die: jer 37:21, jer 52:6

Verse 10

WEB Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dies.

KJV Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

TSK the king: es 5:2, es 8:7, ps 75:10, pr 21:1

Verse 11

WEB So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took there rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

KJV So Ebedmelech 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.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 12

WEB Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords. Jeremiah did so.

KJV And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

TSK Put: ro 12:10,15, eph 4:32

Verse 13

WEB So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

KJV So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

TSK Jeremiah: jer 38:28, jer 37:21, jer 39:14-18, 1ki 22:27, ac 23:35, ac 24:23-26, ac 28:16,30

Verse 14

WEB Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.

KJV Then 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.

TSK sent: jer 21:1,2, jer 37:17; third: 1ki 10:5, 2ki 16:18; I will: jer 42:2-5,20, 1sa 3:17,18, 1ki 22:16, 2ch 18:15

Verse 15

WEB Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? and if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.

KJV Then 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?

TSK Then 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?: lu 22:67,68

Verse 16

WEB So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, As Yahweh lives, who made us this soul, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.

KJV So 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.

TSK sware: jer 37:17, joh 3:2; that made: nu 16:22, nu 27:16, ec 12:7, isa 57:16, zec 12:1, heb 12:9; of these: jer 38:1-6, jer 34:20

Verse 17

WEB Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Armies, the God of Israel: If you will go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and you shall live, and your house.

KJV Then 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:

TSK the God of hosts: ps 80:7,14, am 5:27; the God of Israel: 1ch 17:24, ezr 9:4; If thou: jer 38:2, jer 7:6,7, jer 21:8-10, jer 27:12,17, jer 39:3, job 23:13

Verse 18

WEB But if you will 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 you shall not escape out of their hand.

KJV But 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.

TSK if thou: 2ki 24:12, 2ki 25:27-30; then: jer 38:3,23, jer 24:8-10, jer 32:3-5, jer 34:2,3,19-22, jer 39:3,5-7, jer 52:7-11, 2ki 25:4-10, eze 12:13, eze 17:20,21, eze 21:25-27

Verse 19

WEB Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews who are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

KJV And 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.

TSK I: jer 38:5, 1sa 15:24, job 31:34, pr 29:25, isa 51:12,13, isa 57:11, joh 12:42, joh 19:12,13; mock: jer 38:22, jud 9:54, jud 16:25, 1sa 31:4, isa 45:9,10

Verse 20

WEB But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the voice of Yahweh, in that which I speak to you: so it shall be well with you, and your soul shall live.

KJV But 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.

TSK Obey: jer 26:13, 2ch 20:20, da 4:27, ac 26:29, 2co 5:11,20, 2co 6:1, phm 1:8-10, jas 1:22; and thy: isa 55:3

Verse 21

WEB But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

KJV But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath showed me:

TSK if thou: jer 5:3, ex 10:3,4, ex 16:28, job 34:33, pr 1:24-31, isa 1:19,20, heb 12:25; this is: jer 15:19-21, jer 26:15, nu 23:19,20, nu 24:13, job 23:13, eze 2:4,5,7, eze 3:17-19, ac 18:6, ac 20:26,27

Verse 22

WEB behold, all the women who 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, Your familiar friends have set you on, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away back.

KJV And, 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.

TSK all: jer 41:10, jer 43:6, la 5:11; Thy friends: jer 38:4-6, jer 20:10, ps 41:9; have set: jer 38:19, la 1:2, mic 7:5; thy feet: jer 38:6, ps 69:2,14; they are: jer 46:5,21, isa 42:17, la 1:13

Verse 23

WEB They shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.

KJV So 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.

TSK they shall: jer 38:18, jer 39:6, jer 41:10, jer 52:8-13, 2ki 25:7, 2ch 36:20,21; shalt cause, etc: jer 27:12,13, eze 14:9, eze 43:3

Verse 24

WEB Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and you shall not die.

KJV Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 25

WEB But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

KJV But 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:

TSK But 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:: jer 38:4-6,27

Verse 26

WEB then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

KJV Then 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.

TSK Then 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.: jer 37:15,20, jer 42:2, es 4:8

Verse 27

WEB Then came all the princes to 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.

KJV Then 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.

TSK and he told: 1sa 10:15,16, 1sa 16:2-5, 2ki 6:19, ac 23:6

Verse 28

WEB So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.

KJV So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.

TSK So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.: jer 38:13, jer 15:20,21, jer 37:21, jer 39:14, ps 23:4, 2ti 3:11, 2ti 4:17,18