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Jeremiah Delivered

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave a command about (A)Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, saying, 12 “Take him and set your eyes to look after him and (B)do nothing harmful to him, but rather deal with him just as he speaks to you.” 13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard sent word, along with Nebushazban the [a]Rab-saris and Nergal-sar-ezer the [b]Rab-mag and all the leading officers of the king of Babylon; 14 they even sent and (C)took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard and gave him over 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

  1. Jeremiah 39:13 Lit chief official
  2. Jeremiah 39:13 Title of a high official

11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon commanded concerning Jeremiah through[a] Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,[b] saying,[c] 12 “Take him and set your eyes on him. And you must not do something bad to him, but only[d] that which he speaks to you, so do with him.” 13 So Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard,[e] sent word, along with[f] Nebushazban the chief officer, and Nergal-sharezer the high official, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon. 14 And they sent and took Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and gave him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him to the house, so he stayed in the midst of the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:11 Literally “in the hand of”
  2. Jeremiah 39:11 Hebrew “guards”
  3. Jeremiah 39:11 Literally “to say”
  4. Jeremiah 39:12 Literally “but if”
  5. Jeremiah 39:13 Hebrew “guards”
  6. Jeremiah 39:13 Literally “and”