Jeremiah 38:21

New International Reader's Version

Don’t refuse to give yourself up. The Lord has shown me what will happen if you do.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:12

He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. He didn’t pay any attention to the message the Lord spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

Job 23:13

“But he’s the only God. Who can oppose him? He does anything he wants to do.

Job 34:33

But you refuse to turn away from your sins. So God won’t treat you the way you want to be treated. You must decide, Job. I can’t do it for you. So tell me what you know.

Exodus 16:28

Then the Lord spoke to Moses. He said, “How long will all of you refuse to obey my commands and my teachings?

Jeremiah 26:15

But you can be sure of one thing. If you put me to death, you will be held responsible for spilling my blood. And I haven’t even done anything wrong. You will bring guilt on yourselves and this city and those who live in it. The Lord has sent me to you. He wanted me to say all these things so you could hear them. And that’s the truth.”

Jeremiah 38:20

“They won’t hand you over to them,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the Lord. Do what I tell you to do. Then things will go well with you. Your life will be spared.

Jeremiah 38:22

All the women who are left in your palace will be brought out. They’ll be given to the officials of the king of Babylon. Those women will say to you, “ ‘Your trusted friends have tricked you. They have gotten the best of you. Your feet are sunk down in the mud. Your friends have deserted you.’

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

Ezekiel 2:7

You must give them my message. They might listen, or they might not. After all, they refuse to obey me.

Numbers 24:13

I said, ‘Balak could give me all the silver and gold in his palace. Even if I wanted to, I still couldn’t do anything at all that goes beyond what the Lord commands. I must say only what the Lord tells me to say.’

Acts 18:6

But they opposed Paul. They treated him badly. So he shook out his clothes in protest. Then he said to them, “God’s judgment against you will be your own fault! Don’t blame me for it! From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

Hebrews 12:25

Be sure that you don’t say no to the one who speaks. People did not escape when they said no to the one who warned them on earth. And what if we turn away from the one who warns us from heaven? How much less will we escape!