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Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

Jeremiah 38:21

In 11 translations

BSB
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
KJV
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
WEB
But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that Yahweh has shown me:
ASV
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me:
LSV
And if you are refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that YHWH has shown me:
YLT
'And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:
DBY
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which Jehovah hath shewn me:
DRC
But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord hath shewn me:
GNV
But if thou wilt refuse to go forth, this is the worde that the Lord hath shewed me.
JPS
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:
LXXE45:21
Prepare thyself, O Sion; execute vengeance; look to thy ways: return, O virgin of Israel, by the way by which thou wentest, return mourning to thy cities. But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the Lord has shewn me.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאִם־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לָצֵ֑את זֶ֣ה הַדָּבָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְאַ֖נִי יְהוָֽה׃
LXX-Br45:21
Στῆσον σεαυτὴν Σιὼν, ποίησον τιμωρίαν, δὸς καρδίαν σου εἰς τοὺς ὤμους· ὁδὸν ᾗ ἐπορεύθης, ἀποστράφηθι παρθένος Ἰσραὴλ, ἀποστράφητι εἰς τὰς πόλεις σου πενθοῦσα. Καὶ εἰ μὴ θέλῃς σὺ ἐξελθεῖν, οὗτος ὁ λόγος ὃν ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριος·

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  • Ezekiel 2:7But speak My words to them, whether they listen or refuse to listen, for they are rebellious.
  • Ezekiel 2:4–5They are obstinate and stubborn children. I am sending you to them, and you are to say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says.’ And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will…
  • Isaiah 1:19–20If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. But if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
  • Exodus 10:3–4So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me. But if you…
  • Proverbs 1:24–31Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, when…
  • Job 34:33Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed His? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
  • Jeremiah 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
  • Numbers 24:13that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I will speak whatever the LORD says.
  • Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
  • Jeremiah 15:19–21Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to…
  • Numbers 23:19–20God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill? I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot…
  • Exodus 16:28Then the LORD said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep My commandments and instructions?
  • Jeremiah 5:3O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
  • Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
  • Ezekiel 3:17–19“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me. If I say to the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ but you do not warn him or speak…
  • Acts 18:6But when they opposed and insulted him, he shook out his garments and told them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am innocent of it. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”

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  • 45:21 in some Bibles
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  • 38:21 in most Bibles

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