Jeremiah 38:26

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

So if they question you, tell them you were begging me not to send you back to the prison at Jonathan's house, because going back there would kill you.”

Cross References

Esther 4:8

Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the orders for the murder of the Jews and told him that these had been read in Susa. He said, “Show this to Esther and explain what it means. Ask her to go to the king and beg him to have pity on her people, the Jews!”

Jeremiah 37:15

They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room. After I had spent a long time there,

Jeremiah 37:20

Please, don't send me back to that prison at Jonathan's house. If you do, I will die.”

Jeremiah 38:27

The officials did come and question me about my meeting with the king, and I told them exactly what he had ordered me to say. They never spoke to me about the meeting again, since no one had heard us talking.

Jeremiah 42:2

and said, “Please pray to the LORD your God for us. Judah used to have many people, but as you can see, only a few of us are left.