Jeremiah 38:26
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 38:26 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 38:26 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jona..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 38:26 — KJV
“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.”
— Jeremiah 38:26 (KJV)
Jeremiah 38:26 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 38:26
“Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. let...: Heb. let my supplication fall”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:26: supplication, before, king
“The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:26: then, shalt, say
“And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:26: then, shalt, say
“Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:26: then, shalt, cause
“Then thou shalt say before the LORD thy God, I have brought away the hallowed things out of mine house, and also have given them unto the Levite, and unto the stranger, to the fatherless, and to the widow, according to all thy commandments which thou hast commanded me: I have not transgressed thy commandments, neither have I forgotten them:”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 38:26: then, shalt, say
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