Jeremías 37:20

20 Ahora pues, oye, te ruego, mi señor el rey; caiga ahora mi súplica delante de ti, y no me hagas volver a casa de Jonatán escriba, para que no me muera allí

Jeremías 37:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 37:20

Therefore hear now, one pray thee, O my lord the king
When the prophet spoke in the name of the Lord, and the words of the Lord, it was with great boldness and majesty; but when he spoke for himself, and on his own behalf, it was with great submission, as it became a subject to his king; and whom he owns as his sovereign lord, though a wicked prince, and whose destruction he knew was at hand: let my supplication be accepted before thee;
or, "fall before thee": see ( Jeremiah 36:7 ) ; which was as follows: that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe;
but that he might be discharged from his confinement; or however be removed into another prison, not so uncomfortable and disagreeable as this man's house or prison was; and which perhaps was still the worse through his cruel and ill natured carriage to him; and which all together endangered his life: wherefore he adds, lest I die there;
for though he had continued there many days, yet the place was so exceedingly noisome, that he thought he could not long continue there, was he remanded back to it.

Jeremías 37:20 In-Context

18 Dijo también Jeremías al rey Sedequías: ¿En qué pequé contra ti, y contra tus siervos, y contra este pueblo, para que me pusierais en la casa de la cárcel

19 ¿Y dónde están vuestros profetas que os profetizaban, diciendo: No vendrá el rey de Babilonia contra vosotros, ni contra esta tierra

20 Ahora pues, oye, te ruego, mi señor el rey; caiga ahora mi súplica delante de ti, y no me hagas volver a casa de Jonatán escriba, para que no me muera allí

21 Entonces dio orden el rey Sedequías, y depositaron a Jeremías en el patio de la guarda, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastara. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la guarda