OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 12

Jeremiah 39:12

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“Take him and take care of him. Do him no harm; but do to him even as he tells you.”

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THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Jeremiah 39:12 in context

Jeremiah 39:9–15

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Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the rest of the people who remained.

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But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, who had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

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Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying,

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“Take him and take care of him. Do him no harm; but do to him even as he tells you.”

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So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon

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sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the guard, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should bring him home. So he lived among the people.

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Now the LORD’s word came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,

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