Jeremiah 29:22

KJV1611 – Modern English

And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah in Babylon will use this curse: 'May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which are in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and of them shall be taken up{H3947} a curse{H7045} by all the captives{H1546} of Judah{H3063} that are in Babylon,{H894} saying,{H559} Jehovah{H3068} make{H7760} thee like Zedekiah{H6667} and like Ahab,{H256} whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} roasted{H7033} in the fire;{H784}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And of them shall be taken up{H3947}{(H8795)} a curse{H7045} by all the captivity{H1546} of Judah{H3063} which are in Babylon{H894}, saying{H559}{(H8800)}, The LORD{H3068} make{H7760}{(H8799)} thee like Zedekiah{H6667} and like Ahab{H256}, whom the king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} roasted{H7033}{(H8804)} in the fire{H784};

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And all ye presoners of Iuda that are in Babilon, shal take vpo them this terme of cursinge, and saye: Now God do vnto the, as he dyd vnto Sedechias & Achab, whom the kinge of Babilon rosted in the fyre,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And al they of the captiuitie of Iudah, that are in Babel, shal take vp this curse against them, and say, The Lorde make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whome the King of Babel burnt in the fire,

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And all the prisoners of Iuda that are in Babylon, shall take this tearme of cursyng, and say: Nowe God do vnto thee as he did vnto Zedekiah & Ahab, whom the kyng of Babylon rosted in the fire:

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And taken from them hath been a reviling by all the removed of Judah that `are' in Babylon, saying, Jehovah doth set thee as Zedekiah, and as Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted with fire;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And their fate will be used as a curse by all the prisoners of Judah who are in Babylon, who will say, May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, who were burned in the fire by the king of Babylon;

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    And all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use them as examples when they put a curse on anyone. They will say,“May the LORD treat you like Zedekiah and Ahab whom the king of Babylon roasted to death in the fire!”

Referenced Verses

  • Dan 3:6 : 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.
  • Isa 65:15 : 15 You shall leave your name as a curse for my chosen, for the Lord GOD will slay you and call his servants by another name.
  • Dan 3:21 : 21 Then these men were bound in their coats, their trousers, their turbans, and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
  • 1 Cor 16:22 : 22 If anyone does not love the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be accursed. Maranatha.
  • Gen 48:20 : 20 And he blessed them that day, saying, In you shall Israel bless, saying, God make you as Ephraim and as Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
  • Ruth 4:11 : 11 And all the people at the gate and the elders said, 'We are witnesses. May the LORD make the woman coming into your house like Rachel and Leah, who together built up the house of Israel. May you act worthily in Ephrathah and be renowned in Bethlehem.

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    20 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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    2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah, and tell him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.

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    8 And as for the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad; surely thus says the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the rest of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt:

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    7 And afterward, says the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and those who are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.

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    21 And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes I will give into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those who seek their life, and into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which have gone up from you.

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    6 Then the king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes; also the king of Babylon killed all the nobles of Judah.

    7 Moreover, he blinded Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon.

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    6 So they took the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah; and they pronounced judgment on him.

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