Jeremiah 37:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 37:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 37:18 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this p..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 37:18 — KJV
“Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?”
— Jeremiah 37:18 (KJV)
Jeremiah 37:18 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 37:18
“And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 37:18: king, against, servants
“All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 37:18: king, servants, people
“And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 37:18: king, zedekiah, servants
“The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth of his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem, and against all the cities thereof, saying, of his...: Heb. the dominion of his hand”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 37:18: jeremiah, king, against
“This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 37:18: jeremiah, king, zedekiah
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