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THE MESSAGE

Jeremiah 26:14

"As for me, I'm at your mercy—do whatever you think is best. But take warning: If you kill me, you're killing an innocent man, and you and the city and the people in it will be liable. I didn't say any of this on my own. God sent me and told me what to say. You've been listening to God speak, not Jeremiah."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Court;   Defense;   Government;   Indictments;   Minister, Christian;   Persecution;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Courts;   Meekness;   Meekness-Retaliation;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Jeremiah;   Micah;   Micah, Book of;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Ba'ruch;   Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Meet;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
Hebrew Names Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
King James Version
As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
English Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
New American Standard Bible
"But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.
New Century Version
As for me, I am in your power. Do to me what you think is good and right.
Amplified Bible
"As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and suitable to you.
World English Bible
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As for me, beholde, I am in your hands: do with me as ye thinke good and right.
Legacy Standard Bible
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
Contemporary English Version
You must decide what to do with me. Just do whatever you think is right.
Complete Jewish Bible
But as for me, here, I am in your hands; do with me whatever seems good and right to you.
Darby Translation
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do unto me as seemeth good and right in your eyes:
Easy-to-Read Version
As for me, I am in your power. Do to me what you think is good and right.
George Lamsa Translation
As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as it seems right and proper to you.
Good News Translation
As for me, I am in your power! Do with me whatever you think is fair and right.
Lexham English Bible
But as for me, look, I am in your hand, do to me what is good and right in your eyes.
Literal Translation
As for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as seems good and right to you.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Now as for me: I am in youre hondes, do with me, as ye thinke expediet and good.
American Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
As for me, here I am in your hands: do with me whatever seems good and right in your opinion.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand; do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
King James Version (1611)
As for mee, behold, I am in your hand: doe with mee as seemeth good and meet vnto you.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Nowe as for me I am in your handes, do with me as you thinke expedient and good:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Proclaim it at Magdol, and declare it at Memphis: say ye, Stand up, and prepare; for the sword has devoured thy yew-tree.
English Revised Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! forsothe Y am in youre hondis; do ye to me, as it is good and riytful bifore youre iyen.
Update Bible Version
But as for me, look, I am in your hand: do with me as is good and right in your eyes.
Webster's Bible Translation
As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand: do with me as it seemeth good and meet to you.
New English Translation
As to my case, I am in your power. Do to me what you deem fair and proper.
New King James Version
As for me, here I am, in your hand; do with me as seems good and proper to you.
New Living Translation
As for me, I am in your hands—do with me as you think best.
New Life Bible
But as for me, see, I am in your hands. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
New Revised Standard
But as for me, here I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, behold me in your hand, - do with me as may be good and right in your eyes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But as for me, behold I am in your hands: do with me what is good and right in your eyes:
Revised Standard Version
But as for me, behold, I am in your hands. Do with me as seems good and right to you.
Young's Literal Translation
`And I, lo, I [am] in your hand, do to me as is good and as is right in your eyes;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.

Contextual Overview

7Everybody there—priests, prophets, and people—heard Jeremiah preaching this Message in the Temple of God . When Jeremiah had finished his sermon, saying everything God had commanded him to say, the priests and prophets and people all grabbed him, yelling, "Death! You're going to die for this! How dare you preach—and using God 's name!—saying that this Temple will become a heap of rubble like Shiloh and this city be wiped out without a soul left in it!" All the people mobbed Jeremiah right in the Temple itself. 10 Officials from the royal court of Judah were told of this. They left the palace immediately and came to God 's Temple to investigate. They held court on the spot, at the New Gate entrance to God 's Temple. 11 The prophets and priests spoke first, addressing the officials, but also the people: "Death to this man! He deserves nothing less than death! He has preached against this city—you've heard the evidence with your own ears." 12Jeremiah spoke next, publicly addressing the officials before the crowd: " God sent me to preach against both this Temple and city everything that's been reported to you. So do something about it! Change the way you're living, change your behavior. Listen obediently to the Message of your God . Maybe God will reconsider the disaster he has threatened. 14"As for me, I'm at your mercy—do whatever you think is best. But take warning: If you kill me, you're killing an innocent man, and you and the city and the people in it will be liable. I didn't say any of this on my own. God sent me and told me what to say. You've been listening to God speak, not Jeremiah."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

As for: Jeremiah 38:5, Joshua 9:25, Daniel 3:16

as seemeth good and meet unto you: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes, 2 Samuel 15:26

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 24:22 - The Lord Esther 3:11 - to do Daniel 6:16 - the king Luke 12:4 - Be

Cross-References

Genesis 12:16
Because of her, Abram got along very well: he accumulated sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, men and women servants, and camels. But God hit Pharaoh hard because of Abram's wife Sarai; everybody in the palace got seriously sick.
Job 42:12
God blessed Job's later life even more than his earlier life. He ended up with fourteen thousand sheep, six thousand camels, one thousand teams of oxen, and one thousand donkeys. He also had seven sons and three daughters. He named the first daughter Dove, the second, Cinnamon, and the third, Darkeyes. There was not a woman in that country as beautiful as Job's daughters. Their father treated them as equals with their brothers, providing the same inheritance.
Proverbs 10:22
God 's blessing makes life rich; nothing we do can improve on God.
Proverbs 27:4
We're blasted by anger and swamped by rage, but who can survive jealousy?
Ecclesiastes 4:4
Then I observed all the work and ambition motivated by envy. What a waste! Smoke. And spitting into the wind.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As for me, behold, I [am] in your hand,.... In their power, as they were the chief court of judicature; and to whom it belonged to judge of prophets, and to acquit or condemn them, as they saw fit; wherefore he submits to their authority:

do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you; he was not careful about it; he readily submitted to their pleasure, and should patiently endure what they thought fit to inflict upon him; it gave him no great concern whether his life was taken from him or not; he was satisfied he had done what he ought to do, and should do the same, was it to do again; and therefore they might proceed just as they pleased against him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer of Jeremiah is simple and straightforward. Yahweh, he affirmed, had truly sent him, but the sole object of his prophesying had been to avert the evil by leading them to repentance. If they would amend their ways God would deliver them from the threatened doom. As for himself he was in their hands, but if they put him to death they would bring the guilt of shedding innocent blood upon themselves and upon the city.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 26:14. As for me, behold, I am in your hand — I am the messenger of God; you may do with me what you please; but if you slay me, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves.


 
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