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Jeremiah 37:3

Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

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ASV

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us.

KJV

And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁלַח֩vai.yish.Lachand he sentH7971 →
הַמֶּ֨לֶךְha.Me.lekhthe kingH4428 →
צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יְהוּכַ֣לye.hu.KhalJehucalH3081 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] son ofH1121 →
שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗הshe.lem.YahShelemiahH8018 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
צְפַנְיָ֤הוּtze.fan.Ya.huZephaniahH6846 →
בֶן־ven-[the] son ofH1121 →
מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ma.'a.se.YahMaaseiahH4641 →
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןha.ko.Henthe priestH3548 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יִרְמְיָ֥הוּyir.me.Ya.huJeremiahH3414 →
הַנָּבִ֖יאha.na.Vi'the prophetH5030 →
לֵאמֹ֑רle.Mor<to> sayingH559 →
הִתְפַּלֶּל־hit.pa.lel-prayH6419 →
נָ֣אna'pleaseH4994 →
בַעֲדֵ֔נוּva.'a.De.nufor usH1157 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430 →

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Jeremiah 21:1–2This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,Jeremiah 21:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,Jeremiah 21:2“Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”Jeremiah 15:11The LORD said: “Surely I will deliver you for a good purpose; surely I will intercede with your enemy in your time of trouble, in your time of distress.Jeremiah 2:27say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ For they have turned their backs to Me and not their faces, yet in the time of trouble they beg, ‘Rise up and save us!’Jeremiah 42:2–4Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.1 Kings 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.Jeremiah 52:24The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.Jeremiah 29:25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:Jeremiah 42:20For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’Jeremiah 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.Exodus 8:28Pharaoh answered, “I will let you go and sacrifice to the LORD your God in the wilderness, but you must not go very far. Now pray for me.”1 Samuel 12:19They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”Exodus 9:28Pray to the LORD, for there has been enough of God’s thunder and hail. I will let you go; you do not need to stay any longer.”Acts 8:24Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”Exodus 8:8Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”Exodus 10:17Now please forgive my sin once more and appeal to the LORD your God, that He may remove this death from me.”

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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