Jeremiah 38:16

Overview - Jeremiah 38
Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon of Malchiah.
Edeb-melech, by suit, gets him some enlargement.
14 Upon secret conference, he counsels the king by yielding to save his life.
24 By the king's instructions he conceals the conference from the princes.
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Jeremiah 38:16  (King James Version)
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.
 


sware
37:17 John 3:2

that made
Numbers 16:22 ; 27:16 Ecclesiastes 12:7 ; Isaiah 57:16 ; Zechariah 12:1 ; Hebrews 12:9

of these
1-6 ; 34:20