Jeremiah 37:3

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King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah with this message: "Please pray to the LORD our God for us."

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  • Jer 21:1-2 : 1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, saying, 2 Inquire, please, of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is fighting against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, so that he may withdraw from us.
  • 1 Kgs 13:6 : 6 Then the king answered and said to the man of God, 'Entreat now the favor of the LORD your God and pray for me, so that my hand may be restored to me.' So the man of God entreated the LORD, and the king's hand was restored to him and became as it was before.
  • Jer 29:25 : 25 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying:
  • Jer 52:24 : 24 Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the deputy priest, and the three doorkeepers.
  • Acts 8:24 : 24 Then Simon answered, 'Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.'
  • Jer 42:2-4 : 2 They said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition fall before you and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant. For we are few left from many, as your own eyes can see us. 3 May the LORD your God tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do." 4 Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. I will indeed pray to the LORD your God according to your words, and every word the LORD answers you, I will tell you—I will not withhold a single word from you."
  • Jer 42:20 : 20 For you have deceived yourselves when you sent me to the LORD your God, saying, 'Pray to the LORD our God for us, and whatever the LORD our God says, tell us and we will do it.'
  • Jer 2:27 : 27 They say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave birth to me.’ They have turned their backs to me and not their faces. Yet in their time of trouble, they will say, ‘Arise and save us!’
  • Jer 29:21 : 21 This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying a lie to you in my name: 'I am about to hand them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.'
  • Exod 8:8 : 8 After Moses and Aaron left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD about the frogs that he had inflicted on Pharaoh.
  • Exod 8:28 : 28 But Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also and would not let the people go.
  • Exod 9:28 : 28 Pray to the Lord, for we have had enough of God's thunder and hail. I will let you go; you don’t have to stay any longer.
  • Exod 10:17 : 17 Now, please forgive my sin just this once and plead with the LORD your God to take this deadly plague away from me."
  • Num 21:7 : 7 The people came to Moses and said, 'We have sinned, for we spoke against the LORD and against you. Pray to the LORD to take the serpents away from us.' So Moses prayed for the people.
  • 1 Sam 12:19 : 19 The people all said to Samuel, 'Pray to the LORD your God for your servants, so that we will not die, for we have added this evil to all our sins by asking for a king.'
  • Jer 38:1 : 1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard the words Jeremiah was speaking to all the people:

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  • Jer 21:1-3
    3 verses
    86%

    1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, saying,

    2Inquire, please, of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is fighting against us. Perhaps the LORD will deal with us according to all His wonderful works, so that he may withdraw from us.

    3But Jeremiah said to them, "This is what you shall say to Zedekiah:

  • Jer 37:17-20
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    80%

    17Then King Zedekiah sent for him and secretly questioned him in his palace, saying, "Is there any word from the LORD?" Jeremiah replied, "There is. You will be handed over to the king of Babylon."

    18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, your officials, or this people, to justify putting me in prison?

    19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?

    20Now please hear me, my lord the king. Let my plea come before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.

  • Jer 37:1-2
    2 verses
    79%

    1King Zedekiah son of Josiah became king in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed to rule over the land of Judah.

    2Neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD, which He spoke through the prophet Jeremiah.

  • Jer 38:14-15
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    14Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the LORD. "I am going to ask you something," the king said to Jeremiah. "Do not hide anything from me."

    15Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not put me to death? And even if I did give you advice, you would not listen to me."

  • Jer 29:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the hearing of Jeremiah the prophet.

    30Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:

  • Jer 27:3
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    3Then send them to the kings of Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to King Zedekiah of Judah.

  • Jer 34:6
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    6Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 42:1-2
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    1Then all the military leaders, Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, approached.

    2They said to Jeremiah the prophet, "Please let our petition fall before you and pray to the LORD your God for us, for all this remnant. For we are few left from many, as your own eyes can see us.

  • Jer 38:1
    76%

    1Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard the words Jeremiah was speaking to all the people:

  • Jer 29:3
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    3The letter was delivered by Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom King Zedekiah of Judah had sent to Babylon to King Nebuchadnezzar, and it said:

  • Jer 32:2-3
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    2At that time, the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard located in the palace of the king of Judah.

    3King Zedekiah of Judah had imprisoned him there, saying, "Why are you prophesying and declaring, 'This is what the LORD says: I am about to give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.'

  • Jer 42:9
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    9He said to them, "This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: You sent me to present your petition before Him.

  • Jer 37:4
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    4Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put into prison.

  • Jer 29:25
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    25This is what the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Because you have sent letters in your own name to all the people in Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests, saying:

  • Zech 7:2
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    2The people of Bethel sent Sharezer, Regem-melech, and their men to seek the favor of the LORD.

  • Jer 38:27
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    27All the officials did come to Jeremiah and questioned 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 the conversation.

  • Jer 37:6
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    6Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah:

  • Jer 38:5
    74%

    5King Zedekiah replied, "He is in your hands. The king can do nothing to oppose you."

  • Jer 38:17
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    17Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.

  • 2 Chr 34:26
    73%

    26But to the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, this is what you shall say to him: 'This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says concerning the words you heard:

  • Jer 36:25-26
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    25Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

    26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a royal prince, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

  • Jer 35:12
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    12Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:

  • Jer 38:19
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    19King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them, and they will mistreat me."

  • 2 Chr 36:12
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    12He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the LORD.

  • Jer 26:12
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    12But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, 'The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and this city all the words you have heard.'

  • Jer 34:8
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    8The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them:

  • Jer 42:4-5
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    4Jeremiah the prophet said to them, "I have heard you. I will indeed pray to the LORD your God according to your words, and every word the LORD answers you, I will tell you—I will not withhold a single word from you."

    5They said to Jeremiah, "May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to every word the LORD your God sends you to tell us.

  • 2 Kgs 22:18
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    18As for the king of Judah who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall say to him: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Regarding the words you have heard,

  • Jer 34:2
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    2This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell Zedekiah, king of Judah, 'This is what the Lord says: I am delivering this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it with fire.'

  • Jer 38:25
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    25If the officials hear that I talked with you and come to you, saying, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will put you to death,’

  • Jer 29:1
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    1These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders of the exile, the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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    8Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,

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    1The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD during the days of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

  • Jer 39:14-15
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    14They sent and brought Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and handed him over to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.

    15While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him saying,

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    14So all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, "Bring the scroll from which you have read aloud to the people, and come." So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and went to them.

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    15And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD, saying:

  • Jer 26:7
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    7And the priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the LORD.