Jeremiah 38:4
For I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt yet take thy timbrel, and go forth with the party of them that make merry.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5For ye have planted vineyards on the mountains of Samaria: plant ye, and praise.
Cross References
1 Kings 18:17And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said to Elijah, Art thou he that perverts Israel?
2 Chronicles 24:21And they conspired against him, and stoned him by command of King Joash in the court of the Lord’s house.
Jeremiah 26:21Also her hired soldiers in the midst of her are as fatted calves fed in her; for they also have turned, and fled with one accord: they stood not, for the day of destruction was come upon them, and the time of their retribution.
Jeremiah 36:12And do ye pray to me, and I will hearken to you: and do ye earnestly seek me, and ye shall find me;
Ezekiel 22:27Her princes in the midst of her are as wolves ravening to shed blood, that they may get dishonest gain.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:2-14
Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. ( b. c. 589.) 1 Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. 3 Thus saith… Read the whole commentary →