Let my supplication come before You. Deliver me, according to Your promise.
Jeremiah 37:20 - Tree of Life Version So now please listen, my lord the king! Please let my petition come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so I will not die there.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king. Let my supplication, I pray you, come before you and be acceptable, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. American Standard Version (1901) And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. Common English Bible Now, my master and king, I beg you, don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I’ll die there.” Catholic Public Domain Version Then king Zedekiah instructed that Jeremiah be confined to the vestibule of the prison, and that they should give him a twist of bread daily, along with stew, until all the bread in the city had been consumed. And Jeremiah remained at the entrance of the prison. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then king Sedecias commanded that Jeremias should be committed into the entry of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread, beside broth, till all the bread in the city were spent. And Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison. |
Let my supplication come before You. Deliver me, according to Your promise.
Only know for certain that, if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its inhabitants. For in truth Adonai has sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”
Perhaps they will present their supplication before Adonai, and each one will turn from his wicked way. For great is the anger and fury that Adonai has pronounced against this people.”
Then you will tell them, ‘I was presenting my petition before the king, not to make me return to Jonathan’s house to die there.’”
Then Jeremiah stayed in the guard’s courtyard until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
and said to the prophet Jeremiah, “Please, let our petition be presented before you, and pray to Adonai your God on our behalf, for all this remnant—for we who are left are but a few out of many, as you are seeing with your own eyes—