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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/37.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/37.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, &#8216The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land&#8217?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/37.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/37.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/37.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Where <i>are</i> now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/37.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Where now <i>are</i> your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/37.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/37.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, &#8216The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land &#8216?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/37.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/37.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/37.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, &#8216The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/37.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/37.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Have you locked up the prophets who lied to you and said that the king of Babylonia would never attack Jerusalem? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/37.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Where now are your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/37.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Where are the prophets who told you that the king of Babylon wouldn't attack you and this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/37.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />What happened to your prophets who told you that the king of Babylonia would not attack you or the country? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/37.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, telling you: 'The king of Babylon won't come against you or against this land'? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/37.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ?The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land??<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/37.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/37.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/37.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/37.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’ <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/37.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/37.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/37.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And where now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babel shall not come against you and against this land?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/37.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/37.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Where are your prophets, who were prophesying to you, and who were saying: ‘The king of Babylon will not overwhelm you and this land?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/37.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Where are your own prophets who prophesied for you, saying: ‘The King of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/37.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/37.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/37.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And where are your Prophets who have been prophesying to you and saying, ‘The King of Babel is not coming for you and for this’ land?’<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/37.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/37.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=11700" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/37.htm">Jeremiah Imprisoned</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison? <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/335.htm" title="335: wə·ʾay·yō (Conj-w:: Interrog) -- Where?. Perhaps from 'aiyn; where? Hence how?.">Where</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">are your prophets</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">who</a> <a href="/hebrew/5012.htm" title="5012: nib·bə·’ū (V-Nifal-Perf-3cp) -- To prophesy. A primitive root; to prophesy, i.e. Speak by inspiration.">prophesied</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">claiming,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4428.htm" title="4428: me·leḵ- (N-msc) -- King. From malak; a king.">‘The king</a> <a href="/hebrew/894.htm" title="894: bā·ḇel (N-proper-fs) -- From balal; confusion; Babel, including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire.">of Babylon</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: yā·ḇō (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">come</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ă·lê·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: wə·‘al (Conj-w:: Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">or this</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">land’?</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/38-14.htm">Jeremiah 38:14-28</a></span><br />Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.” / “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.” / But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-1.htm">Jeremiah 21:1-2</a></span><br />This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said, / “Please inquire of the LORD on our behalf, since Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is waging war against us. Perhaps the LORD will perform for us something like all His past wonders, so that Nebuchadnezzar will withdraw from us.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/34-2.htm">Jeremiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down. / And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/32-3.htm">Jeremiah 32:3-5</a></span><br />For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it. / Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye. / He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-24.htm">Jeremiah 29:24-32</a></span><br />You are to tell Shemaiah the Nehelamite that / this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah: / ‘The LORD has appointed you priest in place of Jehoiada, to be the chief officer in the house of the LORD, responsible for any madman who acts like a prophet—you must put him in stocks and neck irons. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/28-1.htm">Jeremiah 28:1-17</a></span><br />In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people: / “This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon. / Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/27-12.htm">Jeremiah 27:12-15</a></span><br />And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live! / Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon? / Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-12.htm">Jeremiah 26:12-15</a></span><br />But Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people, “The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that you have heard. / So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the voice of the LORD your God, so that He might relent of the disaster He has pronounced against you. / As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-8.htm">Jeremiah 25:8-11</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Because you have not obeyed My words, / behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. / Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-16.htm">Jeremiah 23:16-17</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. / They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13-16</a></span><br />“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’” / “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination, the futility and delusion of their own minds. / Therefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-12.htm">Jeremiah 5:12-13</a></span><br />They have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine. / The prophets are but wind, for the word is not in them. So let their own predictions befall them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">2 Kings 25:1-7</a></span><br />So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. / And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year. / By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-11.htm">2 Chronicles 36:11-13</a></span><br />Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. / And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD. / He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/12-21.htm">Ezekiel 12:21-28</a></span><br />Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’? / Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Where are now your prophets which prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?</p><p class="hdg">Where.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Jeremiah 2:28</a></b></br> But where <i>are</i> thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for <i>according to</i> the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36,37</a></b></br> For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that <i>their</i> power is gone, and <i>there is</i> none shut up, or left… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/3-13.htm">2 Kings 3:13</a></b></br> And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay: for the LORD hath called these three kings together, to deliver them into the hand of Moab.</p><p class="hdg">your.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a></b></br> They have healed also the hurt <i>of the daughter</i> of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <i>there is</i> no peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/8-11.htm">Jeremiah 8:11</a></b></br> For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when <i>there is</i> no peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Jeremiah 14:13-15</a></b></br> Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/37-8.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-17.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/jeremiah/29-31.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/jeremiah/35-15.htm">Prophets</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/43-11.htm">Attack</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-3.htm">Babylon</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-14.htm">Prophesied</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-4.htm">Prophets</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 37</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-1.htm">The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-3.htm">king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-6.htm">Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-11.htm">He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">He assures Zedekiah of the captivity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/37-18.htm">Entreating for his liberty, he obtains some favor.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/37.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/37.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Where are your prophets who prophesied to you</b><br>This phrase addresses the false prophets in Judah who assured the people that they would not face the threat of Babylonian invasion. In the context of Jeremiah's ministry, these prophets contradicted the true message from God delivered by Jeremiah. The role of a prophet in ancient Israel was to speak God's truth, often calling the people to repentance. However, false prophets often spoke what the people and leaders wanted to hear, rather than the truth. This highlights the danger of listening to voices that align with personal desires rather than divine truth, a theme echoed in other scriptures such as <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a>, where Paul warns of people gathering teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear.<p><b>claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?</b><br>This part of the verse refers to the specific false prophecy that the Babylonian threat was not real. Historically, this was during the reign of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, when Babylon was a dominant power in the region. The false prophets' assurances were proven wrong when Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, did indeed come against Jerusalem, leading to its eventual destruction in 586 BC. This serves as a fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecies and a testament to the reliability of God's word through His true prophets. Theologically, it underscores the importance of discerning true prophecy and the consequences of ignoring God's warnings. This situation also prefigures the ultimate judgment and deliverance themes found in the New Testament, where Jesus warns of false prophets and emphasizes the need for vigilance and faithfulness (<a href="/matthew/7-15.htm">Matthew 7:15-20</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his messages of warning and calls for repentance to the people of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/z/zedekiah.htm">Zedekiah</a></b><br>The last king of Judah before the Babylonian conquest, who often sought Jeremiah's counsel but failed to heed his warnings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/prophets.htm">Prophets</a></b><br>False prophets in Judah who assured the people and the king that Babylon would not attack, contrary to Jeremiah's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that conquered Judah, fulfilling Jeremiah's prophecies and demonstrating the consequences of ignoring God's warnings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which faced destruction due to its disobedience and reliance on false assurances.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/discernment_in_prophecy.htm">Discernment in Prophecy</a></b><br>Believers must exercise discernment and seek alignment with God's Word when evaluating prophetic messages. False assurances can lead to spiritual complacency and disaster.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_ignoring_god's_warnings.htm">Consequences of Ignoring God’s Warnings</a></b><br>Ignoring God's warnings, as Judah did, leads to inevitable consequences. We must heed God's Word and repent when necessary.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_true_prophets.htm">The Importance of True Prophets</a></b><br>True prophets, like Jeremiah, often deliver uncomfortable truths. We should value and listen to those who speak God's truth, even when it challenges us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god,_not_in_man.htm">Trust in God, Not in Man</a></b><br>Judah's reliance on false prophets instead of God serves as a reminder to place our trust in God alone, not in human assurances or wisdom.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_obedience.htm">Repentance and Obedience</a></b><br>The call to repentance is central to avoiding judgment. Obedience to God's commands is crucial for spiritual well-being and protection.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_37.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 37</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_zedekiah_seek_jeremiah's_prophecy.htm">Why would King Zedekiah, who ignored God, privately seek Jeremiah's prophecy in Jeremiah 37:17, and does this align with his other actions?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_threaten_destruction,_not_mercy.htm">Why would God threaten complete destruction (Jeremiah 21:5-6) instead of offering a path to repentance, seeming to contradict earlier scriptures that highlight mercy?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_supports_jeremiah_21's_timeframe.htm">What scientific or historical data supports Jeremiah 21's timeframe and events, given the lack of external records mentioning these specific warnings to King Zedekiah?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/37.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">Where are now your prophets . . .?--</span>The failure of the past predictions of the false prophets is urged on the king as a reason why he should not trust them in the present crisis. They had assured him (<a href="/jeremiah/28-3.htm" title="Within two full years will I bring again into this place all the vessels of the LORD's house, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took away from this place, and carried them to Babylon:">Jeremiah 28:3</a>) that within two years the city should be delivered, and the result had been that it had been besieged. The temporary departure of the Chaldaeans had again raised their hopes, and they were now tempting the king with the assurance that the Egyptian army would make short work of them.<span class= "bld"><p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Where</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַיֵּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ay·yêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Interrogative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_346.htm">Strong's 346: </a> </span><span class="str2">Where?</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are your prophets,</span><br /><span class="heb">נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prophesied to you,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְּא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(nib·bə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5012.htm">Strong's 5012: </a> </span><span class="str2">To prophesy, speak, by inspiration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">claiming,</span><br /><span class="heb">לֵאמֹ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(lê·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">‘The king</span><br /><span class="heb">מֶֽלֶךְ־</span> <span class="translit">(me·leḵ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4428.htm">Strong's 4428: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Babylon</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּבֶל֙</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ḇel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_894.htm">Strong's 894: </a> </span><span class="str2">Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹֽא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">come</span><br /><span class="heb">יָבֹ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḇō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּֽאת׃</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">land’?</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/37-19.htm">Jeremiah 37:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/37-19.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 37:19 Where now are your prophets who prophesied (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/37-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 37:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 37:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/37-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 37:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 37:20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>