King James Version
Jeremiah 38:21 in the King James Version says “But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:”
Jeremiah 38:21 · KJV
And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.
But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.
But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace
So 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. thou shalt cause: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
“to go forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“this is the word”
H1697a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“hath shewed”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“that the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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