Jeremiah 26:14

But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

13Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and hearken to the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent Him of the evil that He hath pronounced against you.

15Only know ye for certain that, if ye put me to death, ye will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof; for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.'

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Cross References

Joshua 9:25And now, behold, we are in thy hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.'

2 Chronicles 24:22Thus Joash the king remembered not the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. And when he died, he said: 'The LORD look upon it, and require it.'

Jeremiah 38:5Then Zedekiah the king said: 'Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.'

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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