Jeremiah 37:14

Jeremiah 37:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
• New International Version (NIV)“That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Jeremiah said, "It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Jeremiah said, “False! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he did not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

Context of Jeremiah 37:14

12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people. 13But when he was at the Benjamin Gate, an officer of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, and he apprehended the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans.” “That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not defecting to the Chaldeans!” Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials. 15The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison. 16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.

Jeremiah 37:14 word by word

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ שֶׁ֗קֶר אֵינֶ֤נִּי נֹפֵל֙ עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ יִרְאִיָּיה֙ בְּיִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• falseשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• I fall not awayנָפַלnâphal · to fall: desertingH5307
• to the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּיםkaώdîy kaώdîymâh · ChaldeaH3778
• But he hearkenedשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• not to him: so Irijahיִרְאִיָּיהyir'îyâyh · IrijahH3376
• tookתָּפַשׂtâphaώ · to captureH8610
• and broughtבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): bringH935
• him to the princesשַׂרώar · rulerH8269

Cross-references for Jeremiah 37:14

• Jeremiah 40:4Now pay attention: Today I am setting you free from the chains that were on your hands. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look — the whole land is in front of you. Wherever it seems good and right for you to go, go there.”
• Nehemiah 6:8Then I replied to him, “There is nothing to these rumors you are spreading; you are inventing them in your own mind.”
• Psalms 27:12Do not give me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing violence.
• Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses come forward; they question me about things I do not know.
• Psalms 52:1Why boast about evil, you hero! God’s faithful love is constant.
• Matthew 5:11“You are blessed when they insult you and persecute you and falsely say every kind of evil against you because of me.
• Luke 6:22Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you, insult you, and slander your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
• 1 Peter 3:16Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.
• 1 Peter 4:14If you are ridiculed for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The princes - Not the noblemen trained in the days of Josiah and Jeremiah‘s friends Jeremiah 26:16, but those described in Jeremiah 24:8. They assumed that the accusation was true; they first scourged and then imprisoned Jeremiah.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 There are times when it is the wisdom of good men to retire, to enter into their chambers, and to shut the doors, Is. 26:20. Jeremiah was seized as a deserter, and committed to prison. But it is no new thing for the best friends of the church to be belied, as in the interests of her worst enemies. When thus falsely accused, we may deny the charge, and commit our cause to Him who judges righteously. Jeremiah obtained mercy of the Lord to be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-16The guards and other officials of Judah misunderstood Jeremiah's actions and thought he was deserting.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-211. Coniah--curtailed from Jeconiah by way of reproach. whom--referring to Zedekiah, not to Coniah (2Ki 24:17).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 37:14

• Accusation, False
• Falsehood
• Indictments
• Irijah

In the dictionaries

• Jeremiah
• Captivity
• Irijah
• Jeremiah (2)
• Prison; Prisoner
• Zedekiah (2)
• Zedekiah

Commentaries on Jeremiah 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings