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New Living Translation

Jeremiah 37:6

Then the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Alliances;   Egyptians;   Pharaoh;   Prophecy;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Egypt;   Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Pharaoh;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Jubilee;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Pharaoh;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Babylon, History and Religion of;   Egypt;   Jeremiah;   Lamentations, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Nations;   Pharaoh;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Pharaoh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Zedeki'ah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Siege;   Zedekiah (2);  

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

Contextual Overview

1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim as the king of Judah. He was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 2 But neither King Zedekiah nor his attendants nor the people who were left in the land listened to what the Lord said through Jeremiah. 3 Nevertheless, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to ask Jeremiah, "Please pray to the Lord our God for us." 4 Jeremiah had not yet been imprisoned, so he could come and go among the people as he pleased. 5 At this time the army of Pharaoh Hophra of Egypt appeared at the southern border of Judah. When the Babylonian army heard about it, they withdrew from their siege of Jerusalem. 6 Then the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah: 7 "This is what the Lord , the God of Israel, says: The king of Judah sent you to ask me what is going to happen. Tell him, ‘Pharaoh's army is about to return to Egypt, though he came here to help you. 8 Then the Babylonians will come back and capture this city and burn it to the ground.' 9 "This is what the Lord says: Do not fool yourselves into thinking that the Babylonians are gone for good. They aren't! 10 Even if you were to destroy the entire Babylonian army, leaving only a handful of wounded survivors, they would still stagger from their tents and burn this city to the ground!"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 44:18
Then Judah stepped forward and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant say just one word to you. Please, do not be angry with me, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.
Judges 9:7
When Jotham heard about this, he climbed to the top of Mount Gerizim and shouted, "Listen to me, citizens of Shechem! Listen to me if you want God to listen to you!

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.


 
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