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Jeremiah 38:5

Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

Jeremiah 38:5 WEB

Jeremiah 38:5 in the King James Version

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

Context

4 Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them; for this man doesn’t seek the welfare of this people, but harm.”

5 Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”

6 Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with cords. In the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

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