Jeremiah 45:5

Then the king said, Behold, he is in your hands. For the king could not resist them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

In Context

4And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray thee, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.

6And they cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king’s son, which was in the court of the prison; and they let him down into the pit: and there was no water in the pit, but mire: and he was in the mire.

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Cross References

Genesis 6:12And the Lord God saw the earth, and it was corrupted; because all flesh had corrupted its way upon the earth.

Isaiah 66:16For with the fire of the Lord all the earth shall be judged, and all flesh with his sword: many shall be slain by the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:15Thus saith the Lord, The bow of Elam is broken, even the chief of their power.

Jeremiah 39:18Granting mercy to thousands, and recompensing the sins of the fathers into the bosoms of their children after them: the great, the strong God;

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 45:2-5

Jeremiah's Address to Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I… Read the whole commentary →

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