Jeremiah 39:11-14

New American Standard Bible

Jeremiah Spared

¹¹Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave orders regarding ^(A)Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, ¹²“Take him and ^[a]look after him, and ^(B)do not do anything harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he tells you.” ¹³So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the ^[b]Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the ^[c]Rab-mag, and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon; ¹⁴they even sent word and ^(C)took Jeremiah out of the courtyard of the guardhouse and entrusted him to ^(D)Gedaliah, the son of ^(E)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 39:12 Lit set your eyes on
Jeremiah 39:13 I.e., chief official
Jeremiah 39:13 I.e., title of a high official

Jeremiah 40:1-4

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Jeremiah Remains in Judah

40 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after ^(A)Nebuzaradan captain of the bodyguard had released him from ^(B)Ramah, when he had taken him bound in ^(C)chains among all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon. ²Now the captain of the bodyguard had taken Jeremiah and said to him, “The ^(D)Lord your God promised this disaster against this place; ³and the Lord has brought it and done just as He promised. Because you people ^(E)sinned against the Lord and did not listen to His voice, this thing has happened to you. ⁴But now, behold, I am ^(F)setting you free today from the chains that are on your hands. If ^[a]you would prefer to come with me to Babylon, come along, and I will ^[b]look after you; but if ^[c]you would prefer not to come with me to Babylon, ^[d]do not come. Look, the ^(G)whole land is before you; go wherever it seems good and right for you to go.”