Jeremiah 26:14 · KJV
“As for me, behold, I {am} in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. {as...: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes}”
— Jeremiah 26:14
Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
Jeremiah 26 — Context
Then spake Jeremiah unto all the princes and to all the people, saying, The LORD sent me to prophesy against this house and against this city all the words that ye have heard.
13Therefore now amend your ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the LORD your God; and the LORD will repent him of the evil that he hath pronounced against you.
14As for me, behold, I {am} in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you. {as...: Heb. as it is good and right in your eyes}
15But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me unto you to speak all these words in your ears.
16Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man {is} not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.
Cross References
Joshua 9:25
And now, behold, we {are} in thine hand: as it seemeth good and right unto thee to do unto us, do.
Jeremiah 38:5
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he {is} in your hand: for the king {is} not {he that} can do {any} thing against you.
2 Samuel 15:26
But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, {here am} I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Daniel 3:16
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we {are} not careful to answer thee in this matter.