Jeremiah 37:20
King James Version
9 Jun 2026
“Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
נָא
please
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נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
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מוּת
I will die
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מוּת
To die, to be put to death. Muth. The sting of death is sin. But death has been swallowed up in victory. Jesus holds the keys of death.
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בַּיִת
the house of
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בַּיִת
House, household, family. Bayith. In My Father's house are many rooms. God has a home prepared for everyone who belongs to Him.
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שׁוּב
you make go back/ me
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שׁוּב
To return, to turn back. Shuwb. The Hebrew word behind both repentance and restoration. Return to Me and I will return to you.
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נָפַל
may it fall
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נָפַל
to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
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שָׁם
there
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שָׁם
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
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יְהוֹנָתָן
Jonathan
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יְהוֹנָתָן
Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites
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תְּחִנָּה
supplication/ my
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תְּחִנָּה
graciousness; causatively, entreaty
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