Then King Zedekiah sent for him and received him in his palace secretly, and the king asked him: “Is there any word from Adonai?” “There is,” Jeremiah said, and he also said, “You shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
Jeremiah 38:24 - Tree of Life Version Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah: “Let no one know of these words, and you will not die. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, Let no man know of this conversation and you will not die. American Standard Version (1901) Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. Common English Bible Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “No one is to know about these matters or else you will die. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah: "Let no one know of these words, and you will not die. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then Sedecias said to Jeremias: Let no man know these words, and thou shalt not die. |
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and received him in his palace secretly, and the king asked him: “Is there any word from Adonai?” “There is,” Jeremiah said, and he also said, “You shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
“Then they will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans, and you shall not escape out of their hand, but shall be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down with fire.”
“But if the officials hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you: ‘Tell us now what you have said to the king—hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death. And what did the king say to you?’