1 И҆ слы́ша сафані́а сы́нъ наѳа́нь и҆ годолі́а сы́нъ пасхѡ́ровъ, и҆ і҆ѡаха́лъ сы́нъ селемі́инъ и҆ фасхѡ́ръ сы́нъ мелхі́евъ словеса̀, ꙗ҆̀же і҆еремі́а глаго́ла ко всѣ̑мъ лю́демъ, глаго́лѧ: 2 та́кѡ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь: сѣдѧ́й во гра́дѣ се́мъ ᲂу҆́мретъ мече́мъ и҆ гла́домъ и҆ мо́ромъ, и҆сходѧ́й же ко халде́ємъ жи́въ бꙋ́детъ, и҆ бꙋ́детъ дꙋша̀ є҆гѡ̀ на ѡ҆брѣ́тенїе, и҆ жи́въ бꙋ́детъ. 3 Ꙗ҆́кѡ та́кѡ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь: преда́нїемъ преда́стсѧ гра́дъ се́й въ рꙋ́цѣ си́лы царѧ̀ вавѷлѡ́нска, и҆ во́зметъ є҆го̀. 4 И҆ реко́ша царю̀: да ᲂу҆́мретъ человѣ́къ то́й, ꙗ҆́кѡ се́й разслаблѧ́етъ рꙋ́цѣ мꙋже́й вою́ющихъ ѡ҆ста́вшихсѧ во гра́дѣ и҆ рꙋ́ки всѣ́хъ люді́й, глаго́лѧ къ ни̑мъ по словесє́мъ си̑мъ: ꙗ҆́кѡ человѣ́къ се́й не проповѣ́даетъ лю́демъ си̑мъ ми́ра, но то́кмѡ ѕла̑ѧ. 5 И҆ речѐ ца́рь седекі́а: сѐ, то́й въ рꙋка́хъ ва́шихъ. Поне́же не можа́ше ца́рь проти́вꙋ и҆̀мъ. 6 И҆ взѧ́ша і҆еремі́ю и҆ вверго́ша є҆го̀ въ ро́въ мелхі́инъ, сы́на царе́ва, и҆́же бѧ́ше во дворѣ̀ темни́чнѣмъ: и҆ свѣ́сиша є҆го̀ ᲂу҆́жами въ ро́въ, въ ро́вѣ же не бѧ́ше воды̀, но ти́на, и҆ бѧ́ше въ ти́нѣ і҆еремі́а. 7 И҆ слы́ша а҆вдемеле́хъ мꙋ́ринъ, и҆ то́й бѧ́ше во дворѣ̀ царе́вѣ, ꙗ҆́кѡ вверго́ша і҆еремі́ю въ ро́въ: ца́рь же (въ то́й ча́съ) сѣдѧ́ше во вратѣ́хъ венїамі́нихъ. 8 И҆ и҆зы́де а҆вдемеле́хъ ѿ до́мꙋ царе́ва и҆ речѐ ко царю̀ глаго́лѧ: 9 ѕлосотвори́лъ є҆сѝ, ꙗ҆̀же сотвори́лъ є҆сѝ, ᲂу҆бива́ѧ человѣ́ка сего̀ ѿ лица̀ гла́да, ꙗ҆́кѡ нѣ́сть хлѣ́ба во гра́дѣ ктомꙋ̀. 10 И҆ повелѣ̀ ца́рь а҆вдемеле́хꙋ, глаго́лѧ: поимѝ съ собо́ю ѿсю́дꙋ три́десѧть мꙋже́й и҆ и҆звлецы̀ і҆еремі́ю и҆з̾ ро́ва, да не ᲂу҆́мретъ. 11 И҆ поѧ́тъ а҆вдемеле́хъ мꙋ́жы, и҆ прїи́де въ до́мъ царе́въ подзе́мный, и҆ взѧ̀ ѿтꙋ́дꙋ вє́тхи по́рты и҆ вє́тхїѧ ᲂу҆́жы, и҆ вве́рже ѧ҆̀ ко і҆еремі́и въ ро́въ, и҆ речѐ къ немꙋ̀: 12 положѝ сїѧ̑ под̾ ᲂу҆́жы. И҆ сотворѝ і҆еремі́а си́це. 13 И҆ и҆звлеко́ша є҆го̀ ᲂу҆́жами и҆ и҆з̾ѧ́ша є҆го̀ и҆з̾ ро́ва. И҆ сѣ́де і҆еремі́а во дворѣ̀ темни́чнѣмъ. 14 И҆ посла̀ ца́рь, и҆ призва̀ къ себѣ̀ і҆еремі́ю въ до́мъ а҆селїси́ль, и҆́же въ домꙋ̀ гдⷭ҇ни. И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ ца́рь: вопроша́ю тѧ̀ словесѐ (є҆ди́нагѡ), и҆ не ᲂу҆та́й ѿ менє̀ словесѐ. 15 И҆ речѐ і҆еремі́а царю̀: а҆́ще повѣ́мъ тѝ, то̀ не сме́ртїю ли ᲂу҆мори́ши мѧ̀; и҆ а҆́ще совѣща́ю тѝ, то̀ не послꙋ́шаеши менѐ. 16 И҆ клѧ́тсѧ є҆мꙋ̀ ца́рь, глаго́лѧ: жи́въ гдⷭ҇ь, и҆́же сотворѝ на́мъ дꙋ́шꙋ сїю̀, а҆́ще ᲂу҆бїю̀ тѧ̀ и҆ а҆́ще преда́мъ тѧ̀ въ рꙋ́цѣ человѣ̑къ си́хъ и҆́щꙋщихъ дꙋшѝ твоеѧ̀ (на сме́рть). 17 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ і҆еремі́а: та́кѡ речѐ гдⷭ҇ь си́лъ, бг҃ъ і҆и҃левъ: а҆́ще и҆зыды́й и҆зы́деши къ воево́дамъ царѧ̀ вавѷлѡ́нска, жива̀ бꙋ́детъ дꙋша̀ твоѧ̀, и҆ гра́дъ се́й не пожже́тсѧ ѻ҆гне́мъ, и҆ жи́въ бꙋ́деши ты̀ и҆ до́мъ тво́й: 18 а҆́ще же не и҆зы́деши ко кнѧзє́мъ царѧ̀ вавѷлѡ́нска, преда́стсѧ гра́дъ се́й въ рꙋ́цѣ халдє́йстѣ, и҆ пожгꙋ́тъ є҆го̀ ѻ҆гне́мъ, и҆ ты̀ не спасе́шисѧ ѿ рꙋкѝ и҆́хъ. 19 И҆ речѐ ца́рь і҆еремі́и: а҆́зъ ѡ҆пасе́нїе и҆́мамъ ѿ і҆ꙋде́євъ и҆збѣжа́вшихъ ко халде́ємъ, да не предадꙋ́тъ мѧ̀ (халде́є) въ рꙋ́цѣ и҆́хъ, и҆ порꙋга́ютсѧ мѝ. 20 И҆ речѐ і҆еремі́а: не предадѧ́тъ тебѐ: послꙋ́шай ᲂу҆̀бо словесѐ гдⷭ҇нѧ, є҆́же а҆́зъ глаго́лю тебѣ̀, и҆ лꙋ́чше тѝ бꙋ́детъ, и҆ жива̀ бꙋ́детъ дꙋша̀ твоѧ̀: 21 и҆ а҆́ще не восхо́щеши ты̀ и҆зы́ти, сїѐ сло́во, є҆́же сказа̀ мнѣ̀ гдⷭ҇ь: 22 и҆ сѐ, всѧ̑ жєны̀, ѡ҆ста́вшыѧсѧ въ домꙋ̀ царѧ̀ і҆ꙋ́дина, и҆зведꙋ́тсѧ ко кнѧзє́мъ царѧ̀ вавѷлѡ́нска: и҆ ты̑ѧ глаго́лахꙋ: прельсти́ша тѧ̀ и҆ премого́ша тѧ̀ мꙋ́жїе ми́рницы твоѝ, и҆ ѡ҆сла́биша во поползнове́нїихъ но́гꙋ твою̀ и҆ ѿврати́шасѧ ѿ тебє̀: 23 и҆ жєны̀ твоѧ̑ и҆ ча̑да твоѧ̑ и҆зведꙋ́тъ ко халде́ємъ, и҆ ты̀ не ᲂу҆цѣлѣ́еши, ꙗ҆́кѡ рꙋко́ю царѧ̀ вавѷлѡ́нска ꙗ҆́тъ бꙋ́деши, и҆ гра́дъ се́й пожже́тсѧ. 24 И҆ речѐ є҆мꙋ̀ ца́рь: человѣ́къ да не ᲂу҆вѣ́сть слове́съ си́хъ, и҆ да не ᲂу҆́мреши ты̀. 25 И҆ а҆́ще ᲂу҆слы́шатъ кнѧ̑зи, ꙗ҆́кѡ глаго́лахъ съ тобо́ю, и҆ прїи́дꙋтъ къ тебѣ̀ и҆ рекꙋ́тъ тѝ: повѣ́ждь на́мъ, что̀ глаго́ла къ тебѣ̀ ца́рь; не ᲂу҆та́й ѿ на́съ, и҆ не ᲂу҆бїе́мъ тебѐ: и҆ что̀ глаго́ла къ тебѣ̀ ца́рь; 26 И҆ рече́ши и҆̀мъ: поверго́хъ а҆́зъ моле́нїе моѐ пред̾ лице́мъ царе́вымъ, ꙗ҆́кѡ да не возврати́тъ менѐ въ до́мъ і҆ѡнаѳа́нь, ᲂу҆мре́ти мѝ та́мѡ. 27 И҆ прїидо́ша всѝ кнѧ̑зи ко і҆еремі́и и҆ вопроси́ша є҆го̀. И҆ повѣ́да и҆̀мъ по всѣ̑мъ словесє́мъ си̑мъ, ꙗ҆̀же заповѣ́да є҆мꙋ̀ ца́рь. И҆ ᲂу҆мо́лкнꙋша, ꙗ҆́кѡ нѣ́сть слы́шано сло́во гдⷭ҇не. 28 И҆ сѣдѧ́ше і҆еремі́а во дворѣ̀ темни́чнѣмъ, до́ндеже взѧ́ша і҆ерⷭ҇ли́мъ.
Jeremiah · Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Jeremiah 38 Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
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Notes on this text (3)
- Church Slavonic in its traditional (Synodal) spelling, with accents, breathings and titlo abbreviations, shown in the Ponomar font (SIL Open Font License).
- Exodus 36–39 follow the Septuagint's order; the digital source has no verse divisions there, so Exodus 36:8–end and chapters 37, 38 and 39 each appear as one block.
- Not shown: the lectionary pericope numbers (зача́ло) and the marginal glosses of the digital source. The Prayer of Manasseh stands at the end of 2 Chronicles (36:24), as in the Slavonic Bible; the prologue of Sirach and the opening verse of Lamentations are joined to verse 1.
People & places in this chapter
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Ebed-melech
A Cushite court official who interceded with the king and pulled Jeremiah out of the cistern, and whom the LORD promised to deliver.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:7; Jeremiah 38:10; Jeremiah 39:16
Gedaliah
Son of Pashhur who heard Jeremiah's words and joined in seeking his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:1
Jehucal
Son of Shelemiah whom King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah to ask for prayer, and who later heard Jeremiah's words and joined in seeking his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Malchiah
A son of the king whose cistern in the courtyard of the guard Jeremiah was dropped into.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:6
Malchijah
Named as the father of Pashhur, an envoy of Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1
Mattan
Named as the father of Shephatiah, an official who opposed Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:1
Pashhur
Named as the father of Gedaliah, an official who opposed Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:1
Pashhur
Son of Malchijah whom King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah, and who later heard Jeremiah's preaching and sought his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 38:1
Shelemiah
Named as the father of Jehucal, an envoy of Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Shephatiah
Son of Mattan who heard Jeremiah's words and joined in seeking his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 38:1
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 1 Chronicles 9:12; Nehemiah 11:12; Ezra 2:3; Jeremiah 21:1–10; Acts 5:28
- 2 Jeremiah 39:18; Jeremiah 45:5; Jeremiah 34:17; Ezekiel 14:21; Jeremiah 42:17
- 3 Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 32:3–5
- 4 Jeremiah 26:11; Acts 16:20; Jeremiah 29:7; Nehemiah 6:9; Amos 7:10
- 5 John 19:12–16; 2 Samuel 3:39; 1 Samuel 15:24; 2 Samuel 19:22; Proverbs 29:25
- 6 Jeremiah 37:21; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 69:14–15; Jeremiah 38:22; Jeremiah 37:16
- 7 Amos 5:10; Deuteronomy 21:19; Jeremiah 37:13; Jeremiah 29:2; Matthew 20:16
- 9 Jeremiah 37:21–38:6; Job 31:34; Esther 7:4–6; Jeremiah 52:6; Proverbs 31:8–9
- 10 Psalm 75:10; Esther 8:7; Proverbs 21:1; Esther 5:2
- 12 Ephesians 4:32; Romans 12:10; Romans 12:15
- 13 Jeremiah 37:21; Acts 23:35; Acts 28:16; Acts 28:30; Jeremiah 39:14–18
- 14 Jeremiah 21:1–2; 1 Kings 22:16; Jeremiah 37:17; Jeremiah 42:2–5; 1 Samuel 3:17–18
- 15 Luke 22:67–68
- 16 Jeremiah 37:17; Jeremiah 38:1–6; John 3:2; Isaiah 57:16; Zechariah 12:1
- 17 Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 27:17; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 21:8–10; Jeremiah 39:3
- 18 Jeremiah 24:8–10; Jeremiah 32:3–5; 2 Kings 25:4–10; Jeremiah 38:3; Jeremiah 38:23
- 19 John 12:42; Isaiah 51:12–13; Jeremiah 38:22; John 19:12–13; Isaiah 57:11
- 20 Jeremiah 26:13; Isaiah 55:3; Daniel 4:27; 2 Chronicles 20:20; Acts 26:29
- 21 Ezekiel 2:4–5; Ezekiel 2:7; Exodus 10:3–4; Jeremiah 5:3; Acts 20:26–27
- 22 Lamentations 5:11; Lamentations 1:2; Jeremiah 43:6; Lamentations 1:13; Psalm 69:14
- 23 Jeremiah 41:10; Jeremiah 38:18; Jeremiah 39:6; 2 Kings 25:7; Jeremiah 27:12–13
- 25 Jeremiah 38:27; Jeremiah 38:4–6
- 26 Jeremiah 37:20; Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 42:2; Esther 4:8
- 27 2 Kings 6:19; 1 Samuel 16:2–5; Acts 23:6; 1 Samuel 10:15–16
- 28 Jeremiah 39:14; Jeremiah 37:21; Jeremiah 15:20–21; Psalm 23:4; Jeremiah 38:13
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when you slack the hands of the people? It is thou who disbelievest that compellest me to say these things; it is thou that hast drawn me out into these words.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 13 (1889)