Jeremiah 37:6

THE MESSAGE

Then Jeremiah the prophet received this Message from God : "I, the God of Israel, want you to give this Message to the king of Judah, who has just sent you to me to find out what he should do. Tell him, ‘Get this: Pharaoh's army, which is on its way to help you, isn't going to stick it out. No sooner will they get here than they'll leave and go home to Egypt. And then the Babylonians will come back and resume their attack, capture this city and burn it to the ground. I, God , am telling you: Don't kid yourselves, reassuring one another, "The Babylonians will leave in a few days." I tell you, they aren't leaving. Why, even if you defeated the entire attacking Chaldean army and all that was left were a few wounded soldiers in their tents, the wounded would still do the job and burn this city to the ground.'"

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah:

Hebrew Names Version
Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Yirmeyahu, saying,

King James Version
Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,

English Standard Version
Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:

New American Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord spoke his word to Jeremiah the prophet:

Amplified Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah:

World English Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then came the worde of the Lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

Contemporary English Version
Then the Lord told me to send them back to Zedekiah with this message: Zedekiah, you wanted Jeremiah to ask me, the Lord )God of Israel, what is going to happen. So I will tell you. The king of Egypt and his army came to your rescue, but soon they will go back to Egypt.

Complete Jewish Bible
Then this word of Adonai came to the prophet Yirmeyahu:

Darby Translation
And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:

George Lamsa Translation
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Good News Translation
Then the Lord , the God of Israel, told me

Lexham English Bible
And the word of Yahweh came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Literal Translation
And the Word of Jehovah was to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy the prophet, sayege:

American Standard Version
Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Bible in Basic English
Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying:

King James Version (1611)
Then came the word of the Lord vnto the Prophet Ieremiah, saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto the prophete Ieremie, saying:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Enquire, and see if a male has born a child? and ask concerning the fear, wherein they shall hold their loins, and look for safety: for I have seen every man, and his hands are on his loins; their faces are turned to paleness.

English Revised Version
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the word of the Lord was maad to Jeremye, the profete,

Update Bible Version
Then the word of Yahweh came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Then came the word of the LORD to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

New English Translation
The Lord gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,

New King James Version
Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

New Living Translation
Then the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah:

New Life Bible
Then the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the man of God, saying,

New Revised Standard
Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(37-5) And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, saying:

Revised Standard Version
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

Young's Literal Translation
And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹King Zedekiah son of Josiah, a puppet king set on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the land of Judah, was now king in place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim. But neither he nor his officials nor the people themselves paid a bit of attention to the Message God gave by Jeremiah the prophet. ³ However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pray for us—pray hard!—to the Master, our God ." ⁴Jeremiah was still moving about freely among the people in those days. This was before he had been put in jail. Pharaoh's army was marching up from Egypt. The Chaldeans fighting against Jerusalem heard that the Egyptians were coming and pulled back. ⁶Then Jeremiah the prophet received this Message from God : "I, the God of Israel, want you to give this Message to the king of Judah, who has just sent you to me to find out what he should do. Tell him, ‘Get this: Pharaoh's army, which is on its way to help you, isn't going to stick it out. No sooner will they get here than they'll leave and go home to Egypt. And then the Babylonians will come back and resume their attack, capture this city and burn it to the ground. I, God , am telling you: Don't kid yourselves, reassuring one another, "The Babylonians will leave in a few days." I tell you, they aren't leaving. Why, even if you defeated the entire attacking Chaldean army and all that was left were a few wounded soldiers in their tents, the wounded would still do the job and burn this city to the ground.'"

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Reciprocal: Jeremiah 32:3 - Behold Jeremiah 32:24 - the city is

Cross-References

Genesis 44:18
Judah came forward. He said, "Please, master; can I say just one thing to you? Don't get angry. Don't think I'm presumptuous—you're the same as Pharaoh as far as I'm concerned. You, master, asked us, ‘Do you have a father and a brother?' And we answered honestly, ‘We have a father who is old and a younger brother who was born to him in his old age. His brother is dead and he is the only son left from that mother. And his father loves him more than anything.'

Judges 9:7
When this was all told to Jotham, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim, raised his voice, and shouted: Listen to me, leaders of Shechem. And let God listen to you! The trees set out one day to anoint a king for themselves. They said to Olive Tree, "Rule over us." But Olive Tree told them, "Am I no longer good for making oil That gives glory to gods and men, and to be demoted to waving over trees?"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then came the word of the Lord unto the Prophet Jeremiah,.... At the time when the messengers came to him from the king to pray for them; for Jeremiah 37:4 are to be included in a parenthesis:

saying; as follows: which is an answer to the messengers.