Jeremiah 38:23-28

23 “All your wives and children will be brought out to the Babylonians. You yourself will not escape from their hands but will be captured by the king of Babylon; and this city will[a] be burned down.”
24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you may die.
25 If the officials hear that I talked with you, and they come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us or we will kill you,’
26 then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”
27 All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.
28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. This is how Jerusalem was taken:

Cross References 8

  • 1. S 2 Kings 25:6
  • 2. S Jeremiah 32:4; Ezekiel 17:15
  • 3. S Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 41:10
  • 4. Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 37:8
  • 5. Jeremiah 37:17
  • 6. 1 Samuel 16:2
  • 7. S Jeremiah 37:15
  • 8. S Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 39:14

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "and you will cause this city to"
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