Jeremiah 37:19
in Jeremiah 37Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
KJV
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
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This verse in Jeremiah 37
Commentary
9 notes on this verseJeremiah said, "Now that matters have proven the truthfulness of my prophecy and the falsehood of your prophets, you must now judge rightly and punish those who lied, not him who warned you of the truth beforehand." Then he asked to be released from the …
This site's exposition
So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon
on Jeremiah 37:16-21
Jeremiah stays in the dungeon “a long time” until Zedekiah sends for him. The answer is unchanged: “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” Jeremiah pleads not to be returned to Jonathan’s house, and the king moves him to “the courtyard of the guard.”
This site's exposition
Where are your prophets
Babylon had come, as the false prophets said it never would. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown reason that an army which came once in spite of them would surely return. Theodoret of Cyrus paraphrases the plea: punish those who lied and spare the one who warned the truth.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
It was not in Jeremiah's power to reverse the sentence God had passed upon Zedekiah, but it was in Zedekiah's power to reverse the sentence which the princes had given against him; and therefore, since he thought him fit to be used as a prophet, he would not think him fit to be abused as the worst of malefactors.
. " Where are now your prophets, who told you that you should have peace?" Note, Those who deceive themselves with groundless hopes of mercy will justly be upbraided with their folly when the event has undeceived them.
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison. 5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture
Where are now your prophets that prophesied unto you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Where are now your prophets--The event has showed them to be liars; and, as surely as the king of Babylon has come already, notwithstanding their prophecy, so surely shall he return.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Where are now your prophets - They told you that the Chaldeans should not come; I told you they would. According to my word the Chaldeans are come, and are departed only for a short time.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאַיֵּה֙ | veaiyov | and where? | H346 → | 45 times |
| נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם | nevieikhem | [are] prophets your | H5030 → | 314 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִבְּא֥וּ | nibeu | they prophesied | H5012 → | 115 times |
| לָכֶ֖ם | lakhem | to <the> you | ||
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָבֹ֤א | yavo' | he will come | H935 → | 2568 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| בָּבֶל֙ | bavel | Babylon | H894 → | 262 times |
| עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם | ʾaleikhem | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וְעַ֖ל | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָאָ֥רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַזֹּֽאת׃ | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
וְאַיֵּה֙and where?
veaiyovH346 →45 times
נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם[are] prophets your
nevieikhemH5030 →314 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נִבְּא֥וּthey prophesied
nibeuH5012 →115 times
לָכֶ֖םto <the> you
lakhem
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָבֹ֤אhe will come
yavo'H935 →2568 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
בָּבֶל֙Babylon
bavelH894 →262 times
עֲלֵיכֶ֔םon you
ʾaleikhemH5921 →5755 times
וְעַ֖לand on
vealH5921 →5755 times
הָאָ֥רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
הַזֹּֽאת׃<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 32:37
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- Jeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Judges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
- Isaiah 45:20
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
- Deuteronomy 32:37
Through
Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:14
They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
- Ezekiel 13:10–16
Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
- Jeremiah 6:14
Through
2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will…
- 1 Kings 18:19
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Theodoret of Cyrus, ON JEREMIAH 8:37.