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Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 37

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Chapter 37 of Jeremiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ And King Zed·e·kiʹah1 the son of Jo·siʹah2 began to reign in place of Co·niʹah[a]3 the son of Je·hoiʹa·kim,4 whom Neb·u·chad·rezʹzar the king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.5
  2. And he himself and his servants and the people of the land[b] did not listen to the words of Jehovah6 that he spoke by means of Jeremiah the prophet.7
  3. ¶ And King Zed·e·kiʹah proceeded to send Je·huʹcal8 the son of Shel·e·miʹah[c] and Zeph·a·niʹah[d]9 the son of Ma·a·seiʹah[e]10 the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “Pray, please, in our behalf to Jehovah our God.”11
  4. And Jeremiah was coming in and going out into the midst of the people,12 as they had not put him in the house of detention.
  5. And there was a military force of Pharʹaoh that came out of Egypt;13 and the Chal·deʹans that were laying siege to Jerusalem got to hear the report about them. So they withdrew from against Jerusalem.14
  6. Then the word of Jehovah occurred to Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
  7. “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel has said, ‘This is what YOU men should say to the king of Judah, the one sending YOU to me to inquire of me:15 “Look! The military force of Pharʹaoh that is coming forth to YOU people for the purpose of assistance will have to go back to their land, Egypt.16
  8. And the Chal·deʹans will certainly come back and fight against this city and capture it and burn it with fire.”17
  9. This is what Jehovah has said: “Do not deceive YOUR souls,18 saying, ‘The Chal·deʹans will without fail go away from against us,’ because they will not go away.
  10. For if YOU men had struck down all the military force of the Chal·deʹans who are fighting YOU19 and there remained over among them men[f] pierced through,20 they would each one in his tent rise up and actually burn this city with fire.”’”
  11. ¶ And it occurred when the military force of the Chal·deʹans had withdrawn themselves from against Jerusalem21 because of the military force of Pharʹaoh,22
  12. that Jeremiah began to go forth from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin23 and to get [his] portion from there in the midst of the people.
  13. So it came about when he was in the Gate of Benjamin24 that the officer holding the oversight, whose name was I·riʹjah the son of Shel·e·miʹah the son of Han·a·niʹah, was there. At once he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, saying: “It is to the Chal·deʹans that you are falling away!”[g]
  14. But Jeremiah said: “It is false!25 I am not falling away to the Chal·deʹans.” But he did not listen to him. So I·riʹjah kept hold of Jeremiah and brought him in to the princes.
  15. And the princes26 began to get indignant at Jeremiah,27 and they struck him28 and put him into the house of fetters,29 in the house of Je·honʹa·than30 the secretary, for this was what they had made the house of detention.31
  16. When Jeremiah came into the house of the cistern32 and into the vaulted rooms, then Jeremiah continued dwelling there many days.
  17. ¶ And King Zed·e·kiʹah proceeded to send and take him, and the king began asking him questions in his house in a place of concealment.33 And he went on to say: “Does there exist a word from Jehovah?” To this Jeremiah said: “There does exist!” And he said further: “Into the hand of the king of Babylon you will be given!”34
  18. ¶ Then Jeremiah said to King Zed·e·kiʹah: “In what way have I sinned against you and against your servants and against this people,35 so that YOU men have put me into the house of detention?
  19. Where, now, are YOUR prophets who prophesied to YOU, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against YOU men and against this land’?36
  20. And now listen, please, O my lord the king. May my request for favor,37 please, fall before you, and do not send me back to the house of Je·honʹa·than38 the secretary, that I may not die there.”39
  21. Accordingly King Zed·e·kiʹah commanded, and they then put Jeremiah in custody in the Courtyard of the Guard;40 and there was a giving of a round loaf of bread to him daily from the street of the bakers,41 until all the bread was exhausted from the city.42 And Jeremiah continued dwelling in the Courtyard of the Guard.43

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ See 22:24 ftn.
  2. ^ See 34:19 ftn.
  3. ^ Heb., She·lem·yahʹ. Compare 36:14 ftn, “Shelemiah.”
  4. ^ Meaning “Jehovah Has Concealed [or, Treasured].” Heb., Tsephan·yaʹhu.
  5. ^ Heb., Ma·ʽase·yahʹ. Compare 35:4 ftn, “Maaseiah.”
  6. ^ “Men.” Heb., ʼana·shimʹ, pl. of ʼish.
  7. ^ Or, “deserting.”

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 2Ki 24:18; 1Ch 3:15
  2. ^ 2Ki 23:28
  3. ^ 2Ki 24:12; 1Ch 3:16; 2Ch 36:9; Je 22:24
  4. ^ 2Ki 24:6; Da 1:1
  5. ^ 2Ki 24:17; 2Ch 36:10
  6. ^ 2Ki 24:19
  7. ^ Ho 12:10
  8. ^ Je 38:1
  9. ^ 2Ki 25:18; Je 21:1; 52:24
  10. ^ Je 29:25
  11. ^ Je 21:2; 42:2
  12. ^ Je 32:2; 37:15
  13. ^ Eze 17:15
  14. ^ Je 34:21
  15. ^ Je 21:2
  16. ^ Is 30:3; 31:3; Je 17:5; La 4:17; Eze 17:17
  17. ^ Je 32:29; 34:22; 38:23; 39:8
  18. ^ Ob 3
  19. ^ Je 21:4
  20. ^ Je 51:4
  21. ^ Je 34:21; 37:5
  22. ^ Eze 17:15
  23. ^ Jos 18:28; Je 1:1
  24. ^ Je 38:7
  25. ^ Ps 27:12; 35:11
  26. ^ Je 38:4
  27. ^ Je 26:11
  28. ^ Lu 20:10; 2Co 11:23; Heb 11:36
  29. ^ 2Ch 16:10; Je 20:2; Ac 5:18; 12:6
  30. ^ Je 38:26
  31. ^ Je 37:4
  32. ^ Je 38:6
  33. ^ Je 38:14
  34. ^ Je 21:7; 24:8; 34:21; Eze 12:13
  35. ^ 1Sa 26:18
  36. ^ Je 14:13; 23:17; 27:14; 28:2; La 2:14
  37. ^ Je 36:7
  38. ^ Je 37:15
  39. ^ Je 26:15; 38:9
  40. ^ Ne 3:25; Je 32:2; 33:1; 38:13, 28
  41. ^ 1Ki 17:6; Ps 37:19
  42. ^ De 28:53; 2Ki 25:3; Je 38:9
  43. ^ Je 38:13

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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