Jeremiah 38:21

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the verdict that the Lord has shown me:

Hebrew Names Version
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

King James Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

English Standard Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:

New American Standard Bible
"But if you keep refusing to surrender, this is the word which the LORD has shown me:

New Century Version
But if you refuse to surrender to the Babylonians, the Lord has shown me what will happen.

Amplified Bible
"But if you keep refusing to go out and surrender to them, this is the word [and the vision] which the LORD has shown me:

World English Bible
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

Geneva Bible (1587)
But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lorde hath shewed me.

Legacy Standard Bible
But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which Yahweh has shown me:

Berean Standard Bible
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Contemporary English Version
But the Lord has shown me that if you refuse to obey,

Complete Jewish Bible
But if you refuse to surrender, then this is the word Adonai has shown me:

Darby Translation
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:

Easy-to-Read Version
But if you refuse to surrender to the army of Babylon, the Lord has shown me what will happen. This is what he has told me:

George Lamsa Translation
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

Good News Translation
But the Lord has shown me in a vision what will happen if you refuse to surrender.

Lexham English Bible
But if you are refusing to surrender, this is the thing that Yahweh has shown me.

Literal Translation
But if you refuse to go out, this is the Word Jehovah has made me see:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf thou wilt not go forth, the LORDE hath tolde me this planely:

American Standard Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:

Bible in Basic English
But if you do not go out, this is what the Lord has made clear to me:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:

King James Version (1611)
But if thou refuse to goe foorth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
But yf thou wylt not go foorth, the Lorde hath tolde me this playnely,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Prepare thyself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to thy ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which thou wentest, return mourning to thy cities.

English Revised Version
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
That if thou wolt not go out, this is the word which the Lord schewide to me, Lo!

Update Bible Version
But if you refuse to go forth, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:

Webster's Bible Translation
But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shown me:

New English Translation
But if you refuse to surrender, the Lord has shown me a vision of what will happen. Here is what I saw:

New King James Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

New Living Translation
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the Lord has revealed to me:

New Life Bible
But if you will not go out, this is the word which the Lord has shown me:

New Revised Standard
But if you are determined not to surrender, this is what the Lord has shown me—

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But if thou art refusing to go forth, this, is the thing which Yahweh hath shewed me: -

Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:

Revised Standard Version
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the LORD has shown to me:

Young's Literal Translation
`And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if you keep refusing to go out, this is the word which the LORD has shown me:

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance of the Temple of God . The king said to Jeremiah, "I'm going to ask you something. Don't hold anything back from me." ¹⁵ Jeremiah said, "If I told you the whole truth, you'd kill me. And no matter what I said, you wouldn't pay any attention anyway." ¹⁶ Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah right there, but in secret, "As sure as God lives, who gives us life, I won't kill you, nor will I turn you over to the men who are trying to kill you." ¹⁷So Jeremiah told Zedekiah, "This is the Message from God, God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel: ‘If you will turn yourself over to the generals of the king of Babylon, you will live, this city won't be burned down, and your family will live. But if you don't turn yourself over to the generals of the king of Babylon, this city will go into the hands of the Chaldeans and they'll burn it down. And don't for a minute think there's any escape for you.'" ¹⁹ King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "But I'm afraid of the Judeans who have already deserted to the Chaldeans. If they get hold of me, they'll rough me up good." ²⁰Jeremiah assured him, "They won't get hold of you. Listen, please. Listen to God 's voice. I'm telling you this for your own good so that you'll live. But if you refuse to turn yourself over, this is what God has shown me will happen: Picture this in your mind—all the women still left in the palace of the king of Judah, led out to the officers of the king of Babylon, and as they're led out they are saying: "‘They lied to you and did you in, those so-called friends of yours; And now you're stuck, about knee-deep in mud, and your "friends," where are they now?' ²³ "They'll take all your wives and children and give them to the Chaldeans. And you, don't think you'll get out of this—the king of Babylon will seize you and then burn this city to the ground." ²⁴Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Don't let anyone know of this conversation, if you know what's good for you. If the government officials get wind that I've been talking with you, they may come and say, ‘Tell us what went on between you and the king, what you said and what he said. Hold nothing back and we won't kill you.' If this happens, tell them, ‘I presented my case to the king so that he wouldn't send me back to the dungeon of Jonathan to die there.'" ²⁷ And sure enough, all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him. He responded as the king had instructed. So they quit asking. No one had overheard the conversation. ²⁸ Jeremiah lived in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day that Jerusalem was captured.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if thou: Jeremiah 5:3, Exodus 10:3, Exodus 10:4, Exodus 16:28, Job 34:33, Proverbs 1:24-31, Isaiah 1:19, Isaiah 1:20, Hebrews 12:25

this is: Jeremiah 15:19-21, Jeremiah 26:15, Numbers 23:19, Numbers 23:20, Numbers 24:13, Job 23:13, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 3:17-19, Acts 18:6, Acts 20:26, Acts 20:27

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 8:10 - the Lord Jeremiah 17:27 - then Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 42:19 - know

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if thou refuse to go forth,.... Out of Jerusalem, to the Chaldean army, and submit to them:

this [is] the word that the Lord hath showed me, or the thing which should certainly come to pass; the word of prophecy the Lord had showed to the prophet, and which he now declares to the king; who asked of him a word, was desirous to know whether there was a word from the Lord, and what it was; and this it is which follows, in case he continued impenitent, obstinate, and disobedient.