Jeremiah 26:14

But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do to me what is good and right in your eyes.

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In The King James Version

As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.

In Context

13Now, therefore, make your ways and your intentions good, and heed the voice of the Lord your God. And then the Lord will repent of the evil that he has spoken against you.

15Yet truly, know and understand this: if you kill me, you will be bringing innocent blood against yourselves, and against this city and its inhabitants. For in truth, the Lord sent me to you, so as to speak all these words in your hearing.”

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Cross References

Joshua 9:25And now we are in your hand. Act toward us as it seems good and right to you.”

2 Chronicles 24:22And king Joash did not remember the mercy with which Jehoiada, his father, had treated him; instead he put to death his son. And as he was dying, he said: “May the Lord see and take account.”

Jeremiah 38:5And king Zedekiah said: “Behold, he is in your hands. For it is not fitting for the king to deny you anything.”

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 26:8-16

Jeremiah Prosecuted for His Preaching; Jeremiah's Defence. ( b. c. 608.) 7 So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the Lord . 8 Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the Lord had commanded him to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die. 9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the Lord , saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this… Read the whole commentary →

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