Jeremiah 37:19
New International Version
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

New Living Translation
Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

English Standard Version
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?

Berean Standard Bible
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

King James Bible
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

New King James Version
Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

New American Standard Bible
And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

NASB 1995
“Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land ‘?

NASB 1977
“Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Legacy Standard Bible
Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Amplified Bible
Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land?’

Christian Standard Bible
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land’?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land?

American Standard Version
Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Contemporary English Version
Have you locked up the prophets who lied to you and said that the king of Babylonia would never attack Jerusalem?

English Revised Version
Where now are your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Where are the prophets who told you that the king of Babylon wouldn't attack you and this land?

Good News Translation
What happened to your prophets who told you that the king of Babylonia would not attack you or the country?

International Standard Version
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, telling you: 'The king of Babylon won't come against you or against this land'?

Majority Standard Bible
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ?The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land??

NET Bible
Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?

New Heart English Bible
Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Webster's Bible Translation
Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

World English Bible
Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land?’
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And where [are] your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon does not come in against you, and against this land?

Young's Literal Translation
And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon doth not come in against you, and against this land?

Smith's Literal Translation
And where now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babel shall not come against you and against this land?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, and against this land?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Where are your prophets, who were prophesying to you, and who were saying: ‘The king of Babylon will not overwhelm you and this land?’

New American Bible
Where are your own prophets who prophesied for you, saying: ‘The King of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

New Revised Standard Version
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
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?’
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jeremiah Imprisoned
18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison? 19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’? 20But 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.”…

Cross References
Jeremiah 38:14-28
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.” ...

Jeremiah 21:1-2
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.”

Jeremiah 34:2-3
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.

Jeremiah 32:3-5
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.’”

Jeremiah 29:24-32
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. ...

Jeremiah 28:1-17
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. ...

Jeremiah 27:12-15
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. ...

Jeremiah 26:12-15
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. ...

Jeremiah 25:8-11
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. ...

Jeremiah 23:16-17
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.’

Jeremiah 14:13-16
“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! ...

Jeremiah 5:12-13
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.”

2 Kings 25:1-7
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. ...

2 Chronicles 36:11-13
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.

Ezekiel 12:21-28
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. ...


Treasury of Scripture

Where are now your prophets which prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Where.

Jeremiah 2:28
But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.

Deuteronomy 32:36,37
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left…

2 Kings 3:13
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.

your.

Jeremiah 6:14
They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 8:11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

Jeremiah 14:13-15
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…

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Jeremiah 37
1. The Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans,
3. king Zedekiah sends to Jeremiah to pray for the people.
6. Jeremiah prophesies the Chaldeans' certain return and victory.
11. He is taken for a fugitive, beaten, and put in prison.
16. He assures Zedekiah of the captivity.
18. Entreating for his liberty, he obtains some favor.














Where now are your prophets
This phrase challenges the credibility and presence of the false prophets who had previously assured the people of Judah that they would not face the threat of Babylon. In the Hebrew context, the word for "prophets" is "נְבִיאֵיכֶם" (nevi'eichem), which refers to those who claim to speak on behalf of God. Historically, these prophets were often more concerned with pleasing the people and the king than with delivering God's true message. This rhetorical question underscores the absence of these prophets in the face of impending disaster, highlighting their false assurances and the futility of their words.

who prophesied to you
The act of prophesying, "הַנִּבָּאִים" (hanibba'im), involves delivering a message believed to be from God. In this context, it refers to the false prophets who gave misleading messages of peace and security. The historical backdrop of this period was one of political turmoil and impending invasion, making the false prophecies particularly dangerous as they lulled the people into a false sense of security. This phrase serves as a reminder of the importance of discerning true prophecy from false, a theme that resonates throughout the Bible.

claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you
The phrase "claiming" indicates the assertion or declaration made by the false prophets. The Hebrew root "אָמַר" (amar) means to say or declare. The specific claim that "The king of Babylon will not come against you" was a direct contradiction to the warnings given by true prophets like Jeremiah. Historically, this reflects the political alliances and false hopes placed in Egypt and other nations, which were ultimately futile. The king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, was a dominant force, and his campaigns against Judah were well-documented in both biblical and extra-biblical sources.

or this land
The phrase "this land" refers to the land of Judah, the promised land given to the Israelites. In Hebrew, "הָאָרֶץ" (ha'aretz) signifies not just the physical territory but also the covenantal relationship between God and His people. The false assurance that the land would remain untouched was a grave misrepresentation of the reality of God's judgment due to the people's disobedience. This highlights the broader biblical theme of the land as a place of blessing contingent upon the people's faithfulness to God.

(19) Where are now your prophets . . .?--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 (Jeremiah 28:3) 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.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Where
וְאַיֵּה֙ (wə·’ay·yêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 346: Where?

are your prophets,
נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם (nə·ḇî·’ê·ḵem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5030: A spokesman, speaker, prophet

who
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

prophesied to you,
נִבְּא֥וּ (nib·bə·’ū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

claiming,
לֵאמֹ֑ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘The king
מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4428: A king

of Babylon
בָּבֶל֙ (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

will not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

come
יָבֹ֤א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

against you
עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם (‘ă·lê·ḵem)
Preposition | second person masculine plural
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or this
הַזֹּֽאת׃ (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

land’?
הָאָ֥רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land


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