💧WEB · Jeremiah 39:12
What does Jeremiah 39:12 mean?
"“Take him, and take care of him. Do him no harm; but do to him even as he tells you.”"
— Jeremiah 39:12 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
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.
Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon commanded Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying,
“Take him, and take care of him. Do him no harm; but do to him even as he tells you.”
So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, with Nebushazban, Rabsaris, and Nergal Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon;
they 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 carry him home. So he lived among the people.
Now Yahweh’s word came to Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the guard, saying,
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