He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord’s command.
Jeremiah 38:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised But if you refuse to surrender, this is the verdict that the Lord has shown me: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But if you refuse to go forth and surrender to them, this is the word [the vision] that the Lord has shown me: American Standard Version (1901) But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me: Common English Bible But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the LORD has shown me: Catholic Public Domain Version But if you refuse to depart, this is the word that the Lord has revealed to me: Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me: |
He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord’s command.
Should God repay you on your terms when you have rejected his? You must choose, not I! So declare what you know.
Then the Lord said to Moses, ‘How long will you refuse to keep my commands and instructions?
But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain that the Lord has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.’
‘They will not hand you over,’ Jeremiah replied. ‘Obey the Lord in what I am telling you, so that it may go well for you and you can live.
“All the women who remain in the palace of Judah’s king will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon and will say to you, ‘Your trusted friends misled you and overcame you. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness? You have struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They made their faces harder than rock, and they refused to return.
Speak my words to them whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
If Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not go against the Lord’s command, to do anything good or bad of my own will? I will say whatever the Lord says.
When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them, ‘Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.’
See to it that you do not reject the one who speaks. For if they did not escape when they rejected him who warned them on earth, even less will we if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven.