Jeremiah 38:20 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 38:20

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֥אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	Jeremiah	H3414 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִתֵּ֑נוּ	yi.Te.nu	they will give	H5414 →
שְֽׁמַֽע־	she.ma'-	listen	H8085 →
נָ֣א׀	na'	please	H4994 →
בְּק֣וֹל	be.Kol	to [the] voice of	H6963 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
לַאֲשֶׁ֤ר	la.'a.Sher	to [that] which	H834 →
אֲנִי֙	'a.Ni	I	H589 →
דֹּבֵ֣ר	do.Ver	[am] speaking	H1696 →
אֵלֶ֔יךָ	'e.Lei.kha	to you	H413 →
וְיִ֥יטַב	ve.Yi.tav	so it may go well	H3190 →
לְךָ֖	le.Kha	for <the> you
וּתְחִ֥י	u.te.Chi	so it may live	H2421 →
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃	naf.She.kha	self your	H5315 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Chronicles 20:20
Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the…
leads to
- Romans 8:31
  What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- John 14:1
  “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
- John 11:40
  Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Hebrews 11:6
  And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Luke 16:31
  Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Through
Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
  I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Matthew 11:28
  Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Through
Daniel 4:27
Therefore, may my advice be pleasing to you, O king. Break away from your sins by doing what is right, and from your iniquities by showing mercy to the oppressed. Perhaps there will be…
leads to
- Jonah 3:9
  Who knows? God may turn and relent; He may turn from His fierce anger, so that we will not perish.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.