Jeremiah Imprisoned
Jeremiah 37:19
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?
- KJV
- Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- WEB
- Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?
- ASV
- Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- LSV
- And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?
- YLT
- And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?
- DBY
- And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- DRC37:18
- Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land?
- GNV
- Where are nowe your prophets, which prophecied vnto you, saying, The King of Babel shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- JPS
- Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
- LXXE44:19
- And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?
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- Written (Ketiv): וְאַיּוֹ (“and where [is]? he”). Read aloud (Qere): וְאַיֵּה֙ (“and where”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads וְאַיֵּו֙; read aloud (Qere) reads וְאַיֵּה֙ (“and where”).
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Original-language editions
- WLC
- ואיו נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־נִבְּא֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹֽא־יָבֹ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַ֖ל הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃Read aloud as (qere): וְאַיֵּה֙
- LXX-Br44:19
- Καὶ ποῦ εἰσιν οἱ προφῆται ὑμῶν οἱ προφητεύσαντες ὑμῖν, λέγοντες, ὅτι οὐ μὴ ἔλθῃ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ταύτην;
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Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 28:10–17Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it. And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will…
- Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
- 2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these…
- Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
- Jeremiah 14:13–15“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied…
- Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
- Jeremiah 27:14–18Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie. For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in…
- Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
- Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
- Jeremiah 28:1–5In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the…
- Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
- Deuteronomy 32:36–37For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free. He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took…
- Ezekiel 13:10–16Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will…
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 37:18 in some Bibles
- 37:19 in most Bibles