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Jeremiah 38:25

in Jeremiah 38

If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king; hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

KJV

But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

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This verse in Jeremiah 38

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans

on Jeremiah 38:19-28

Zedekiah names his fear: “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans.” Jeremiah answers, “They will not hand you over,” and describes the palace women mocking the king: “Your feet sank into the mire.” He remains in the courtyard “until the day Jerusalem was captured.”

This site's exposition

If the officials hear that I have spoken with you

The king foresees the officials questioning Jeremiah under threat of death. Their demand echoes his own plea to the prophet in verse 14, that nothing be hidden. Adam Clarke describes Zedekiah as a weak king between factious and powerful officials, and here he fears his own court.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. 6 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords.

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The words behind it

26 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְכִֽי־and if

    vekhi-H3588 →4482 times

  • יִשְׁמְע֣וּthey will hear

    yishmeuH8085 →1159 times

  • הַשָּׂרִים֮the officials

    hasarimH8269 →421 times

  • כִּֽי־that

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • דִבַּ֣רְתִּיI have spoken

    dibartiH1696 →1141 times

  • אִתָּךְ֒with you

    ʾitokhH854 →929 times

  • וּבָ֣אוּand they will come

    uvauH935 →2568 times

  • אֵלֶ֣יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • וְֽאָמְר֪וּand they will say

    veameruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלֶ֟יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • הַגִּֽידָה־tell !

    hagidah-H5046 →370 times

  • נָּ֨אplease

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • לָ֜נוּto <the> us

    lanu

  • מַה־what?

    mah-H4100 →752 times

  • דִּבַּ֧רְתָּdid you say

    dibartaH1696 →1141 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַמֶּ֛לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • תְּכַחֵ֥דyou hide [it]

    tekhachedH3582 →32 times

  • מִמֶּ֖נּוּfrom us

    mimenuH4480 →1188 times

  • וְלֹ֣אand not

    velo'H3808 →5168 times

  • נְמִיתֶ֑ךָwe will put to death you

    nemitekhaH4191 →839 times

  • וּמַה־and what?

    umah-H4100 →752 times

  • דִּבֶּ֥רdid he say

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֵלֶ֖יךָto you

    ʾeleikhaH413 →5510 times

  • הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃the king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

4 stops

Each 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 38:27

    When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one…

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 16:2–5

      “How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’

    • Acts 23:6

      Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in…

    • 1 Samuel 10:15–16

      “Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”

    • 2 Kings 6:19

      And Elisha told them, “This is not the way, and this is not the city. Follow me, and I will take you to the man you are seeking.” And he led them to Samaria.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

Studies1

About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 38 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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