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Jeremiah 38:19

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38:19Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Babylonians.41 The Babylonians might hand me over to them and they will torture me.”42

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Footnotes

  1. 41 Heb “Chaldeans.” See the study note on for explanation.
  2. 42 Or “and they will badly abuse me.” For the usage of this verb in the situation presupposed see Judg 19:25 and 1 Sam 31:4.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them and they will mistreat me.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am worried about the Judeans who have defected to the Chaldeans. They may hand me over to the Judeans to abuse me.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“But I am afraid to surrender,” the king said, “for the Babylonians may hand me over to the Judeans who have defected to them. And who knows what they will do to me!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me into their hand and they abuse me.”

KJV 1900King James Version

And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.