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Jeremiah 38:26

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then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’ ”

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Jeremiah 38:26 in other translations

then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

Jeremiah 38:26 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 38:26 in context

  1. 24Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.
  2. 25But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’
  3. 26then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’ ”
  4. 27Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
  5. 28So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.