Then I sent a message to him, saying, “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are devising them from your own heart.”
Jeremiah 37:14 - Tree of Life Version But Jeremiah said, “That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him, but arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then said Jeremiah, It is false! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But the sentry would not listen to him. So Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. Common English Bible “That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I’m not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah wouldn’t listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials, Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the leaders were angry with Jeremiah, and so they beat him and sent him to the prison that was in the house of Jonathan, the scribe. For he was the chief over the prison. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and they beat him and cast him into the prison that was in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for he was chief over the prison. |
Then I sent a message to him, saying, “Nothing like what you are saying is happening; you are devising them from your own heart.”
Do not turn me over to the desire of my foes. For false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
Violent witnesses rise up. They question me about things I know nothing about.
Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers used to treat the false prophets the same way.”
yet with humility and reverence—keeping a clear conscience so that, whatever you are accused of, those who abuse you for your good conduct in Messiah may be put to shame.