Jeremiah 37:18 · KJV
“Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?”
— Jeremiah 37:18
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there {any} word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
Where {are} now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
Jeremiah 37 — Context
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; {cabins: or, cells}
17Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there {any} word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
19Where {are} now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. {let...: Heb. let my supplication fall}
Cross References
John 10:32
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Acts 25:8
While he answered for himself, Neither against the law of the Jews, neither against the temple, nor yet against Caesar, have I offended any thing at all.
Daniel 6:22
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
Acts 25:11
For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.
Acts 25:25
But when I found that he had committed nothing worthy of death, and that he himself hath appealed to Augustus, I have determined to send him.
Acts 24:16
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and {toward} men.
1 Samuel 26:18-21
And he said, Wherefore doth my lord thus pursue after his servant? for what have I done? or what evil {is} in mine hand?
1 Samuel 24:9-15
And David said to Saul, Wherefore hearest thou men's words, saying, Behold, David seeketh thy hurt?