Jeremiah 38:14-28

Jeremiah 38:14-28

[14] Then Zedekiah  the king  sent,  and took  Jeremiah  the prophet  unto him into the third  entry  that is in the house  of the LORD:  and the king  said  unto Jeremiah,  I will ask  thee a thing;  hide  [15] Then Jeremiah  said  unto Zedekiah,  If I declare  it unto thee, wilt thou not surely  and if I give thee counsel,  wilt thou not hearken  unto me? [16] So Zedekiah  the king  sware  secretly  unto Jeremiah,  saying,  As the LORD  liveth,  that made  us this soul,  I will not put thee to death,  neither will I give  thee into the hand  that seek  thy life.  [17] Then said  Jeremiah  unto Zedekiah,  Thus saith  the LORD,  the God  of hosts,  the God  of Israel;  If thou wilt assuredly  unto the king  of Babylon's  princes,  then thy soul  shall live,  and this city  shall not be burned  with fire;  and thou shalt live,  and thine house:  [18] But if thou wilt not go forth  to the king  of Babylon's  princes,  then shall this city  be given  into the hand  of the Chaldeans,  and they shall burn  it with fire,  and thou shalt not escape out  of their hand.  [19] And Zedekiah  the king  said  unto Jeremiah,  I am afraid  of the Jews  that are fallen  to the Chaldeans,  lest they deliver  me into their hand,  and they mock  me. [20] But Jeremiah  said,  They shall not deliver  thee. Obey,  I beseech thee, the voice  of the LORD,  which I speak  unto thee: so it shall be well  unto thee, and thy soul  shall live.  [21] But if thou refuse  to go forth,  this is the word  that the LORD  hath shewed  [22] And, behold, all the women  that are left  in the king  of Judah's  house  shall be brought forth  to the king  of Babylon's  princes,  and those women shall say,  have set thee on,  and have prevailed  against thee: thy feet  are sunk  in the mire,  and they are turned away  back.  [23] So they shall bring out  all thy wives  and thy children  to the Chaldeans:  and thou shalt not escape out  of their hand,  but shalt be taken  by the hand  of the king  of Babylon:  and thou shalt cause this city  to be burned  with fire.  [24] Then said  Zedekiah  unto Jeremiah,  Let no man  know  of these words,  and thou shalt not die.  [25] But if the princes  hear  that I have talked  with thee, and they come  unto thee, and say  unto thee, Declare  unto us now what thou hast said  unto the king,  hide  it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;  also what the king  said  unto thee: [26] Then thou shalt say  unto them, I presented  my supplication  before  the king,  that he would not cause me to return  to Jonathan's  house,  to die  there. [27] Then came  all the princes  unto Jeremiah,  and asked  him: and he told  them according to all these words  that the king  had commanded.  So they left off speaking  with him; for the matter  was not perceived.  [28] So Jeremiah  abode  in the court  of the prison  until the day  that Jerusalem  was taken:  and he was there when Jerusalem  was taken.