Jeremiah 38:24
“¶ Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.”
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Jeremiah 38:24 Context
22And behold, all the women that are left in the king of Iudahs house, shalbe brought forth to the king of Babylons Princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends haue set thee on, and haue preuailed against thee: thy feet are sunke in the mire, and they are turned away backe. 23So they shall bring out all thy wiues, and thy children to the Caldeans, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the King of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this citie to be burnt with fire. 24¶ Then said Zedekiah vnto Ieremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. 25But if the Princes heare that I haue talked with thee, and they come vnto thee, and say vnto thee, Declare vnto vs now what thou hast said vnto the king; hide it not from vs, and wee wil not put thee to death; also what the king said vnto thee: 26Then thou shalt say vnto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to returne to Ionathans house to die there.
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Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
- King James Version
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no man know about these words and you will not die.
- New American Standard Version (1995)