Jeremiah 37:2
But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet.
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Leviticus 8:36And Aaron and his sons did all the things about which the Lord had given orders through Moses.
2 Samuel 12:25And he sent word by Nathan the prophet, who gave him the name Jedidiah, by the word of the Lord.
1 Kings 16:7And the Lord sent his word against Baasha and his family by the mouth of the prophet Jehu, the son of Hanani, because of all the evil he did in the eyes of the Lord, moving him to wrath by the work of his hands, because he was like the family of Jeroboam, and because he put it to death.
2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Proverbs 26:6He who sends news by the hand of a foolish man is cutting off his feet and drinking in damage.
Ezekiel 21:25And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:2-11
Zedekiah's Wicked Reign; Sign of Jerusalem. ( b. c. 589.) 1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord , which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our… Read the whole commentary →