Jeremiah 38:5
Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”Jeremiah 38:5 · WEB
This verse in other languages
- ગુજરાતી — યર્મિયા ૩૮:૫
- સિદકિયા રાજાએ કહ્યું, જુઓ તે તમારાં હાથમાં છે, કેમ કે રાજા તમારી ઇચ્છાને વિરુદ્ધ કંઈ કરી શકતો નથી.”
- हिन्दी — यिर्मयाह ३८:५
- सिदकिय्याह राजा ने कहा, “सुनो, वह तो तुम्हारे वश में है; क्योंकि ऐसा नहीं हो सकता कि राजा तुम्हारे विरुद्ध कुछ कर सके ।”
In context
3The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”
4Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”
5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
6Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.
7Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting in Benjamin’s gate),
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