Jeremiah 38:20

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver!—Hearken I pray thee unto the voice of Yahweh in what I am speaking unto thee, that it may be well with thee and thy soul live.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

In Context

19Then said King Zedekiah unto Jeremiah: I am afraid of the Jews who have fallen away unto the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me, into their hand, and they maltreat me.

21But if thou art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed me:—

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 20:20So they rose early in the morning, and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa,—and, as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Trust ye in Yahweh your God, and ye shall be trusted, Trust ye in his prophets, and ye shall prosper.

Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live, and mine instruction, as the pupil of thine eye;

Jeremiah 11:4which I commanded your fathers—in the day when I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt out of the smelting-pot of iron—saying, Hearken unto my voice and do them, According to all that I may command you,—So shall ye become my people, And, I, will become, your God:

Daniel 4:27Wherefore, O king, let, my counsel, be pleasing unto thee, thy sin, then,—by righteousness, break thou off, and, thine iniquities, by shewing favour to the oppressed,—if so be it may become the lengthening out of thy security.

Amos 5:6Seek ye Yahweh, and live,—lest he break forth, like a fire, upon the house of Joseph, and it devour with none to quench it, for Bethel.

2 Corinthians 5:11Knowing, then, the fear of the Lord, we persuade, men, but, unto God, are manifest,—I hope, moreover, even in your consciences, that we are manifest:

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 →

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