Jeremiah 37:19

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“Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?”

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“Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
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“Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?”

King James Version · Public Domain
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“Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“And where <FI>are<Fi> your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Jeremiah 37:19 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 32:36For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
  2. 2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for it is the LORD who has summoned these three kings to deliver them into the hand of Moab.”
  3. Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O Judah.
  4. Jeremiah 6:14They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  5. Jeremiah 8:11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
  6. Jeremiah 14:13“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
  7. Jeremiah 23:17They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’
  8. Jeremiah 27:14Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
  9. Jeremiah 28:1In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
  10. Jeremiah 28:10Then the prophet Hananiah took the yoke off the neck of Jeremiah the prophet and broke it.
  11. Jeremiah 29:31“Send a message telling all the exiles what the LORD says concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite. Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you—though I did not send him—and has made you trust in a lie,
  12. Lamentations 2:14The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading.
  13. Ezekiel 13:10Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,

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