Jeremiah 38:22
And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 38 connects to 10 cross-references. Officials throw Jeremiah into a cistern with mud where he sinks. The Ethiopian official Ebed-melech appeals to the king who permits his rescue. Zedekiah secretly asks Jeremiah again for a word: surrender to Babylon and live, or resist and die …
Other Translations
Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, and lo, they are saying: Persuaded thee, and prevailed against thee, Have thine allies, Sunk into mire have thy feet, They have been turned backward.
See, all the rest of the women in the house of the king of Judah will be taken out to the king of Babylon's captains, and these women will say, Your nearest friends have been false to you and have got the better of you: they have made your feet go deep into the wet earth, and they are turned away back from you.
Cross References
Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel …
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow …
Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, …
They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten …
And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my …
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Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and …