Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(A)

11 (B)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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Zedekiah King of Judah(A)

11 Zedekiah(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

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11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and (A)did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.

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12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord(A) his God and did not humble(B) himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord.

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12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

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Prophecies Against the Kings of Judah

22 Thus says the Lord: “Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and there speak this word,

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Judgment Against Wicked Kings

22 This is what the Lord says: “Go down to the palace of the king(A) of Judah and proclaim this message there:

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22 Thus saith the Lord; Go down to the house of the king of Judah, and speak there this word,

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and say, (A)‘Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, you who sit on the throne of David, you and your servants and your people who enter these gates!

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‘Hear(A) the word of the Lord to you, king of Judah, you who sit on David’s throne(B)—you, your officials and your people who come through these gates.(C)

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And say, Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, and thy people that enter in by these gates:

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Zedekiah’s Vain Hope(A)

37 Now King (B)Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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Jeremiah in Prison

37 Zedekiah(A) son of Josiah was made king(B) of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin[a](C) son of Jehoiakim.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin

37 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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(A)But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land gave heed to the words of the Lord which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

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Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention(A) to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

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But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

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