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Jeremiah 36:29

You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

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ASV

And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

KJV

And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַל־ve.'al-and toH5921 →
יְהוֹיָקִ֤יםye.ho.ya.KimJehoiakimH3079 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
יְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahJudahH3063 →
תֹּאמַ֔רto.Maryou will sayH559 →
כֹּ֖הkohthusH3541 →
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559 →
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אַ֠תָּה'A.tahyouH859 →
שָׂרַ֜פְתָּsa.Raf.tayou burnedH8313 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַמְּגִלָּ֤הha.me.gi.Lahthe scrollH4039 →
הַזֹּאת֙ha.zoT<the> thisH2063 →
לֵאמֹ֔רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
מַדּוּעַ֩ma.du.a'why?H4069 →
כָּתַ֨בְתָּka.Tav.tadid you writeH3789 →
עָלֶ֜יהָ'a.Lei.haon itH5921 →
לֵאמֹ֗רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
בֹּֽא־bo'-certainly <come>H935 →
יָב֤וֹאya.Vo'he will comeH935 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428 →
בָּבֶל֙ba.VelBabylonH894 →
וְהִשְׁחִית֙ve.hish.Chitand he will destroyH7843 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776 →
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063 →
וְהִשְׁבִּ֥יתve.hish.Bitand he will cause to ceaseH7673 →
מִמֶּ֖נָּהmi.Me.nahfrom itH4480 →
אָדָ֥ם'a.Damhuman beingH120 →
וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ סu.ve.he.Mahand animalH929 →

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Jeremiah 26:9How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD that this house will become like Shiloh and this city will be desolate and deserted!” And all the people assembled against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD.Isaiah 30:10They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions.Zephaniah 1:2“I will completely sweep away everything from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD.Isaiah 45:9Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?Isaiah 29:21those who indict a man with a word, who ensnare the mediator at the gate, and who with false charges deprive the innocent of justice.Deuteronomy 29:19because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.Jeremiah 32:3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.Job 15:24Distress and anguish terrify him, overwhelming him like a king poised to attack.Jeremiah 33:12This is what the LORD of Hosts says: In this desolate place, without man or beast, and in all its cities, there will once more be pastures for shepherds to rest their flocks.Acts 5:28“We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”Jeremiah 21:10For I have set My face against this city to bring disaster and not good, declares the LORD. It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, who will destroy it with fire.’Jeremiah 32:28–30Therefore this is what the LORD says: Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hands of the Chaldeans and of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will capture it.1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?Jeremiah 28:8The prophets of old who preceded you and me prophesied war, disaster, and plague against many lands and great kingdoms.Jeremiah 34:21–22And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.Job 40:8Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”Jeremiah 21:4–7this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.

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