Jeremiah 37:2
But Zedekiah and his officers and everyone else in the country refused to obey what the Lord had said through Jeremiah the prophet.
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Leviticus 8:36Aaron and his sons did everything that the Lord had ordered through Moses.
2 Samuel 12:25so he sent a message through Nathan the prophet to name him Jedidiah, because the Lord loved him.
1 Kings 16:7The message from the Lord condemning Baasha and his family came to the prophet Jehu, son of Hanani. It came because Baasha had done what was evil in the Lord's sight, in the same way as the family of Jeroboam had done, and also because Baasha had killed Jeroboam's family. The Lord was angry because of Baasha's sins.
2 Chronicles 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Proverbs 26:6Trusting someone stupid to deliver a message is like cutting off your feet or drinking poison.
Ezekiel 21:25As for you, you unclean, wicked prince of Israel, the time has come to complete your 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 →