Jeremiah 38:4
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And the princes said to the king. We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.

the princes.

Jeremiah 26:11,21-23 And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears. . . .

Jeremiah 36:12-16 He went down into the king's house to the secretary's chamber: and behold all the princes sat there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the son of Hananias, and all the princes. . . .

2 Chronicles 24:21 And they gathered themselves together against him, and stoned him at the king's commandment in the court of the house of the Lord.

Ezekiel 22:27 Her princes in the midst of her, are like wolves ravening the prey to shed blood, and to destroy souls, and to run after gains through covetousness.

Micah 3:1-3 For he shall go up that shall open the way before them: they shall divide and pass through the gate, and shall come in by it: and their king shall pass before them, and the Lord at the head of them. . . .

Zephaniah 3:1-3 Woe to the provoking and redeemed city, the dove. . . .

thus.

Exodus 5:4 The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

1 Kings 18:17,18 And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel? . . .

1 Kings 21:20 And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

Ezra 4:12 Be it known to the king, that the Jews, who came up from thee to us, are come to Jerusalem a rebellious and wicked city, which they are building, setting up the ramparts thereof and repairing the walls.

Nehemiah 6:9 For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:

Amos 7:10 And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and saying that he is Christ the king.

John 11:46-50 But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them the things that Jesus had done. . . .

Acts 16:20 And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews:

Acts 17:6 And not finding them, they drew Jason and certain brethren to the rulers of the city, crying: They that set the city in an uproar are come hither also:

Acts 24:5 We have found this to be a pestilent man and raising seditions among all the Jews throughout the world: and author of the sedition of the sect of the Nazarenes.

Acts 28:22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest: for as concerning this sect, we know that it is every where contradicted.

welfare.

Jeremiah 29:7 And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

Context
Jeremiah Cast Into the Cistern
3Thus saith the Lord: This city shall surely be delivered into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it. 4And the princes said to the king. We beseech thee that this man may be put to death: for on purpose he weakeneth the hands of the men of war, that remain in this city, and the hands of the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man seeketh not peace to this people, but evil.5And king Sedecias said: Behold he is in your hands: for it is not lawful for the king to deny you any thing.…
Cross References
Acts 16:20
And presenting them to the magistrates, they said: These men disturb our city, being Jews:

Exodus 5:4
The king of Egypt said to them: Why do you Moses and Aaron draw off the people from their works? Get you gone to your burdens.

1 Kings 18:17
And when he had seen him, he said: Art thou he that troublest Israel?

1 Kings 18:18
And he said: I have not troubled Israel, but thou and thy father's house, who have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and have followed Baalim.

1 Kings 21:20
And Achab said to Elias: Hast thou found me thy enemy? He said: I have found thee because thou art sold, to do evil in the sight of the Lord.

Nehemiah 6:9
For all these men thought to frighten us, thinking that our hands would cease from the work, and that we would leave off. Wherefore I strengthened my hands the more:

Jeremiah 11:21
Therefore thus saith the Lord to the men of Anathoth, who seek thy life, and say: Thou shalt not prophesy in the name of the Lord, and thou shalt not die in our hands.

Jeremiah 18:23
But thou, O Lord, knowest all their counsel against me unto death: not their iniquity, and let not their sin be blotted out from thy sight: let them be overthrown before thy eyes, in the time of thy wrath do thou destroy them.

Jeremiah 26:11
And the priests and the prophets spoke to the princes, and to all the people, saying: The judgment of death is for this man: because he hath prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.

Jeremiah 26:21
And Joakim, and all his men in power, and his princes heard these words: and the king sought to put him to death. And Urias heard it, and was afraid, and fled and went into Egypt.

Jeremiah 29:7
And seek the peace of the city, to which I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray to the Lord for it: for in the peace thereof shall be your peace.

Jeremiah 36:12
He went down into the king's house to the secretary's chamber: and behold all the princes sat there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the son of Hananias, and all the princes.

Jeremiah 38:16
Then king Sedecias swore to Jeremiah, in private, saying: As the Lord liveth, that, made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, nor will I deliver thee into the hands of these men that seek thy life.

Jeremiah 38:25
But if the princes shall hear that I have spoken with thee, and shall come to thee, and say to thee: Tell us what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not kill thee: and also what the king said to thee:

Amos 7:10
And the high places of the idol shall be thrown down, and the sanctuaries of Israel shall be laid waste: and I will rise up against the house of Jeroboam with the sword.

Lexicon
Then the officials
הַשָּׂרִ֜ים (haś·śā·rîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8269: Chieftain, chief, ruler, official, captain, prince

said
וַיֹּאמְר֨וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the king,
הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ (ham·me·leḵ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4428: A king

“This
הַזֶּה֒ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

man
הָאִ֣ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

ought to die,
י֣וּמַת (yū·maṯ)
Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill

for
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he
הֽוּא־ (hū-)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is discouraging
מְרַפֵּ֡א (mə·rap·pê)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 7503: Sink, relax

the warriors
אַנְשֵׁ֨י (’an·šê)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who remain
הַֽנִּשְׁאָרִ֣ים ׀ (han·niš·’ā·rîm)
Preposition, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

in this
הַזֹּ֗את (haz·zōṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

city,
בָּעִ֣יר (bā·‘îr)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5892: Excitement

as well as all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the people,
הָעָ֔ם (hā·‘ām)
Preposition | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

by speaking
לְדַבֵּ֣ר (lə·ḏab·bêr)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

such
הָאֵ֑לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

words
כַּדְּבָרִ֖ים (kad·də·ḇā·rîm)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause

to them;
אֲלֵיהֶ֔ם (’ă·lê·hem)
Preposition, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

this
הַזֶּ֗ה (haz·zeh)
Adverb | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

man
הָאִ֣ישׁ (hā·’îš)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

is not
אֵינֶ֨נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

seeking
דֹרֵ֧שׁ (ḏō·rêš)
Preposition | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1875: To tread, frequent, to follow, to seek, ask, to worship

the well-being
לְשָׁל֛וֹם (lə·šā·lō·wm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7965: Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace

of these
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

people,
לָעָ֥ם (lā·‘ām)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

but
כִּ֣י ׀ (kî)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

their ruin.”
לְרָעָֽה׃ (lə·rā·‘āh)
Preposition-l | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7451: Bad, evil


Additional Translations
Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech you, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeks not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray thee, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.

And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Therefore the princes said to the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

Then the princes said to the king, "Please let this man be put to death; because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them: for this man doesn't seek the welfare of this people, but the hurt."

And the heads say unto the king, 'Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war, who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking unto them according to these words, for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people, but for its evil.'
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