Jeremiah 38:3
Thus says the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} This city{H5892} shall surely{H5414} be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the army{H2428} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall take{H3920} it.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068}, This city{H5892} shall surely{H5414}{(H8736)} be given{H5414}{(H8735)} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} army{H2428}, which shall take{H3920}{(H8804)} it.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
For thus saieth the LORDE This cite (no doute) must be delyuered into ye power of the kige of Babilo, & he also shal wynne it.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thus sayth the Lord, This citie shall surely be giuen into the hand of the King of Babels armie, which shall take it.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
For thus saith the Lorde, This citie no doubt must be deliuered into the power of the kyng of Babylon, and he also shall winne it.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
Webster's Bible (1833)
Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
Thus said Jehovah: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, and he hath captured it.'
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
American Standard Version (1901)
Thus saith Jehovah, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
The Lord has said, This town will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.
World English Bible (2000)
Thus says Yahweh, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
They had also heard him say,“The LORD says,‘This city will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon. They will capture it.’”
Referenced Verses
- Jer 21:10 : 10 For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
- Jer 32:3-5 : 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it; 4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and his eyes shall see his eyes; 5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
Similar Verses (AI)
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28 Therefore thus says the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it:
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36 And now therefore thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, of which you say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence;
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2 Thus says the LORD, He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life as a prize, and shall live.
- Jer 34:1-33 verses81%
1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and all his army, and all the kingdoms of the earth under his dominion, and all the people, fought against Jerusalem and all its cities, saying,
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.
3 And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be captured and delivered into his hand; and your eyes will see the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.
- Jer 37:8-92 verses81%
8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.'
9 Thus says the LORD: 'Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.'
- Jer 21:9-102 verses81%
9 He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence; but he who goes out, and falls to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
10 For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, says the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
- Jer 32:3-53 verses81%
3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Why do you prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
4 And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and his eyes shall see his eyes;
5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, says the LORD: though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not prosper.
- Jer 20:4-52 verses79%
4 For thus says the LORD, Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall behold it: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
5 Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all its labors, and all its precious things, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, who shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to Babylon.
- Jer 34:21-222 verses79%
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.
22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.
- Jer 38:17-182 verses79%
17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If you will assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then your soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you shall live, and your house.
18 But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.
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26 And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, and into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of his servants: and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the days of old, says the LORD.
- Jer 32:24-252 verses76%
24 Behold the siege ramps, they have come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.
25 And you have said to me, O Lord GOD, Buy the field for money, and take witnesses; for the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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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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23 So they shall bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans; and you shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon; and you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.
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1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
- Jer 40:2-32 verses76%
2 And the captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, The LORD your God has pronounced this calamity upon this place.
3 Now the LORD has brought it, and done as He has said: because you have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed His voice, therefore this thing has come upon you.
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25 And I will give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of whom you fear, even into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
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8 And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation I will punish, says the LORD, with the sword, and with famine, and with pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.
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4 For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn down by the battering rams and by the sword:
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1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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4 Therefore the princes said to the king, We beg you, let this man be put to death; for he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man does not seek the welfare of this people, but the harm.
- Jer 21:3-42 verses75%
3 Then Jeremiah said to them, Thus shall you say to Zedekiah:
4 Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.
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6 And I will deliver you and this city from the hand of the king of Assyria, and I will defend this city.
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11 Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,
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13 Why will you die, you and your people, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, as the LORD has spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon?
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33 Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shields, nor build a siege ramp against it.
34 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
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33 By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.
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2 And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus says the LORD; Those for death, to death; and those for the sword, to the sword; and those for the famine, to the famine; and those for the captivity, to the captivity.
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12 Say now to the rebellious house, Do you not know what these things mean? Tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon has come to Jerusalem and has taken its king and its princes and led them with him to Babylon;
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17 Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?
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9 Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the LORD, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, and against its inhabitants, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
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15 And their king shall go into captivity, he and his princes together, says the LORD.
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3 For out of the north a nation comes against her, which shall make her land desolate, and no one shall dwell therein: they shall move away, they shall depart, both man and beast.
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16 Know that thus says the LORD concerning the king who sits on the throne of David, and all the people who dwell in this city, and your brethren who have not gone out with you into captivity;
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6 Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,