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Jeremiah 38:26-28
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 38:26-28
Contemporary English Version
26 So if they question you, tell them you were begging me not to send you back to the prison at Jonathan's house, because going back there would kill you.”
27 The officials did come and question me about my meeting with the king, and I told them exactly what he had ordered me to say. They never spoke to me about the meeting again, since no one had heard us talking.
28 (A) I was held in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day Jerusalem was captured.
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Jeremiah 38:26-28
New International Version
Jeremiah 38:26-28
New International Version
26 then tell(A) them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house(B) to die there.’”
27 All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.
28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard(C) until the day Jerusalem was captured.
The Fall of Jerusalem(D)
This is how Jerusalem(E) was taken:
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