Jeremiah 38:17
Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, “Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth to the chieftains of the king of Babylon, then shalt thou live; and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, thou and thine house.
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Job 23:13But he is of one mind, and who can turn him? And what he desireth, that he doeth.
Psalms 80:14O God of hosts! return, we beseech thee, Look down from heaven, and behold, And have regard to this vine!
Jeremiah 21:8And to this people thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
Jeremiah 21:10For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good, saith Jehovah. It shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
Jeremiah 27:17Hearken ye not to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live! Why should this city become a desolation?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 38:15-28
Zedekiah's Conference with Jeremiah. ( b. c. 589.) 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord : and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? 16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this… Read the whole commentary →