"That is a lie," Jeremiah replied. "I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!" But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials. Cross References Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. Matthew 5:12 Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven; for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you. Psalm 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. Psalm 52:1 Why do you boast of evil, O mighty man? The loving devotion of God endures all day long. Psalm 52:2 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. Jeremiah 40:4 But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there." Treasury of Scripture Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he listened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. said. Jeremiah 40:4-6 Nehemiah 6:8 Psalm 27:12 false. |
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