Jeremiah 37:19

Where, then are your prophets, who prophesied unto you saying,—The king of Babylon shall not come, against you nor against this land?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

In Context

18And Jeremiah said unto King Zedekiah,—What sin have I committed against thee, or against thy servants or against this people, that ye have delivered me up into prison?

20Now therefore, hear I beseech thee, O my lord the king,—Let my, supplication, I pray thee, fall prostrate before thee, and do not cause me to return unto the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:36For Yahweh will vindicate his people, And upon his servants, will have compassion,—When he seeth that strength is exhausted, And there is no one shut up or at large,

Jeremiah 2:28Where then are thy gods which thou hast made for thyself? Let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy calamity,—For according to the number of thy cities, have become thy gods O Judah.

Jeremiah 8:11And so they have healed the grievous wound of the daughter of my people, slightly,—Saying, Peace! peace! when there was no peace!

Jeremiah 23:17They keep on saying to them who despise me, Yahweh, hath spoken, saying, Prosperity, shall ye have! And to every one who is going on in the stubbornness of his own heart, have they said, There shall come on you, no calamity

Jeremiah 28:1And it came to pass in that year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year in the fifth month, that Hananiah son of Azzur the prophet who was of Gibeon, spake unto me, in the house of Yahweh, before the eyes of the priests and all the people, saying:

Jeremiah 29:31Send thou unto all them of the captivity, saying, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite,—Because Shemaiah, hath prophesied to you, when, I, had not sent him, And hath caused you to trust in falsehood,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:12-21

Jeremiah Attempts to Quit Jerusalem; Jeremiah Imprisoned; Jeremiah Favoured by the King. ( b. c. 589.) 11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. 13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah… Read the whole commentary →

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