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Jeremiah 38:15

Jeremiah 38:15 is verse 15 of Jeremiah chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

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King James Version

Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

World English Bible

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”

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Jeremiah 38:13–17 · Berean Standard Bible

13 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

14 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

15 “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

16 But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

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Hebrew words

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרand he said יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙Jeremiah אֶלto צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּZedekiah כִּ֚יif אַגִּ֣ידI will tell לְךָ֔to <the> you הֲל֖וֹא¿ not הָמֵ֣תcertainly <to put to death>תְּמִיתֵ֑נִיwill you put to death me וְכִי֙and if אִיעָ֣צְךָ֔I will counsel you לֹ֥אnot תִשְׁמַ֖עyou will listen אֵלָֽיto me

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Luke 22:67
“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.

Luke 22:68
And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.

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