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Jeremiah 37:17

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37:17Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him,34 “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced,35 “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”36

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  1. 34 Heb “Then King Zedekiah sent and brought him and the king asked him privately [or more literally, in secret] and said.”
  2. 35 Heb “Then he said.”
  3. 36 Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on for the relative timing of these two incidents.)

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord?”

“There is,” Jeremiah responded. He continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

NLTNew Living Translation

Later King Zedekiah secretly requested that Jeremiah come to the palace, where the king asked him, “Do you have any messages from the Lord?”

“Yes, I do!” said Jeremiah. “You will be defeated by the king of Babylon.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then King Zedekiah sent and fetched him. And the king questioned him in secrecy in his house, and he said, “Is there a word from Yahweh?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” And he said, “You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.