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Jeremiah 37:19

What does Jeremiah 37:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 37:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And where <FI>are<Fi> your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Now therefore hear, I beseech thee, my lord the king: let my petition be accepted in thy sight: and send me not back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Context

v.18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

v.19This passage

v.20And 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 23:17

    They say continually unto them that despise me, Jehovah hath said, Ye shall have peace; and unto every one that walketh in the stubbornness of his own heart they say, No evil shall come upon you.

  • Jeremiah 28:10

    Then Hananiah the prophet took the bar from off the prophet Jeremiah’s neck, and brake it.

  • Lamentations 2:14

    Thy prophets have seen for thee false and foolish visions; And they have not uncovered thine iniquity, to bring back thy captivity, But have seen for thee false oracles and causes of banishment.

  • Ezekiel 13:10

    Because, even because they have seduced my people, saying, Peace; and there is no peace; and when one buildeth up a wall, behold, they daub it with untempered mortar:

  • Deuteronomy 32:36

    For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is noneremaining, shut up or left at large.

  • Jeremiah 29:31

    Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he hath caused you to trust in a lie;

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