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King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah at the third entry of the LORD’s house, swears to him secretly, and tells him to let no man know of these words

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Jeremiah 38:14–28: Zedekiah the king sends and takes Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house. Then the king says to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.” Then Jeremiah says to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.” So Zedekiah the king swears secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.” Then Jeremiah says to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. You will live, along with your house. But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’” Zedekiah the king says to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.” But Jeremiah says, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live. But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.” They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’” Then Zedekiah says to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die. But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’ then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’” The text says, “Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived. So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.” The Korean Revised Version has the king have Jeremiah brought to the third gate (38:14: 데려오게 하고), reads 항복하면 (if you surrender) at 38:17–18, where WEB reads “If you will go out”, and reads 38:21 여호와께서 내게 보이신 말씀대로 되리이다 (it will be as the word the LORD has shown me), closing that word with 하셨나이다 at the end of 38:23.

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JER 38:14–28, engwebp
¹⁴Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house. Then the king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.”
¹⁵Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”
¹⁶So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”
¹⁷Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. You will live, along with your house.
¹⁸But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’”
¹⁹Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.”
²⁰But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live.
²¹But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
²²‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.”
²³They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’”
²⁴Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.
²⁵But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’
²⁶then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’”
²⁷Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived.
²⁸So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
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Zedekiah (Jehoiachin’s father’s brother) — Took part in — King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah at the third entry of the LORD’s house, swears to him secretly, and tells him to let no man know of these words

Evidence: Jeremiah 38:14–28
Jeremiah (the prophet) — Took part in — King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah at the third entry of the LORD’s house, swears to him secretly, and tells him to let no man know of these words

Evidence: Jeremiah 38:14–28

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Entry: King Zedekiah asks Jeremiah at the third entry of the LORD’s house, swears to him secretly, and tells him to let no man know of these words (event-jer-38-zedekiah-asks-jeremiah-secretly-at-the-third-entry)
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Current wording: Jeremiah 38:14–28: Zedekiah the king sends and takes Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house. Then the king says to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something. Hide nothing from me.” Then Jeremiah says to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.” So Zedekiah the king swears secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.” Then Jeremiah says to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul will live, and this city will not be burned with fire. You will live, along with your house. But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with fire, and you won’t escape out of their hand.’” Zedekiah the king says to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.” But Jeremiah says, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your soul will live. But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.” They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. You will cause this city to be burned with fire.’” Then Zedekiah says to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die. But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also tell us what the king said to you;’ then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’” The text says, “Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him, for the matter was not perceived. So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.” The Korean Revised Version has the king have Jeremiah brought to the third gate (38:14: 데려오게 하고), reads 항복하면 (if you surrender) at 38:17–18, where WEB reads “If you will go out”, and reads 38:21 여호와께서 내게 보이신 말씀대로 되리이다 (it will be as the word the LORD has shown me), closing that word with 하셨나이다 at the end of 38:23.
Cited evidence: JER 38:14–28, engwebp
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