Jeremiah 26:14

But as for me, behold I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes:

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 amend your ways, and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the Lord your God: and the Lord will repent of the evil that he hath spoken against you.

15But know ye, and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves, and against this city, and the inhabitants thereof. For in truth the Lord sent me to you, to speak all these words in your hearing.

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Cross References

Joshua 9:25And now we are in thy hand: deal with us as it seemeth good and right unto thee.

2 Chronicles 24:22And king Joas did not remember the kindness that Joiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said: The Lord see, and require it.

Jeremiah 38:5And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.

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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