Jeremiah:38:14-28

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* And king Zedekiah sent and took the prophet Jeremiah unto him , into the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah ; and the king said unto Jeremiah , I will ask thee a thing : hide nothing from me . * And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah , If I declare [it ] unto thee , wilt thou not certainly put me to death ? and if I give thee counsel , thou wilt not hearken unto me . * And king Zedekiah swore secretly unto Jeremiah , saying , [As ] Jehovah liveth , that made us this soul , I will not put thee to death , neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life . * And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah , Thus saith Jehovah the God of hosts , the God of Israel : If thou wilt freely go forth to the king of Babylon 's princes , then thy soul shall live , and this city shall not be burned with fire ; and thou shalt live , and thy house . * But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon 's princes , then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans , and they shall burn it with fire , and thou shalt not escape out of their hand . * And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah , I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans , lest they give me over into their hand , and they mock me . * And Jeremiah said , They shall not give [thee ] over . Hearken , I beseech thee , unto the voice of Jehovah , in that which I speak unto thee ; so shall it be well unto thee , and thy soul shall live . * But if thou refuse to go forth , this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me : * Behold , all the women that are left in the king of Judah 's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon 's princes ; and they shall say , Thy familiar friends have set thee on , and have prevailed over thee ; thy feet are sunk in the mire , they are turned away back . * And they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans , and thou shalt not escape out of their hand ; for thou shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon , and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire . * And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah , Let no man know of these words , and thou shalt not die . * And if the princes hear that I have talked with thee , and they come unto thee , and say unto thee , Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king , hide it not from us , and we will not put thee to death ; and what hath the king said unto thee ? * then thou shalt say unto them , I presented my supplication before the king , that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan 's house , to die there . * -- And all the princes came to Jeremiah , and asked him ; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded . And they withdrew quietly from him ; for the matter was not reported . * And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken .

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