Jeremiah 38:24
King James VersionSource notes
“Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.”
Context
21But if thou refuse to go forth, this the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.
24Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
25But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:
26Then 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.
27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.