THEOSISJeremiah 40:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Godolias the son of Ahicam said to Johanan the son of Caree: Do not this thing: for what thou sayst of Ismahel is false.
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר גְּדַלְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־אֲחִיקָם֙ אֶל־יוֹחָנָ֣ן בֶּן־קָרֵ֔חַ אַֽל־תעש תַּעֲשֵׂ֖ה אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה כִּֽי־שֶׁ֛קֶר אַתָּ֥ה דֹבֵ֖ר אֶל־יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Rom 3:8And not rather (as we are slandered and as some affirm that we say) let us do evil that there may come good? Whose damnation is just.
- Jer 41:2And Ismahel the son of Nathanias arose, and the ten men that were with him, and they struck Godolias the son of Ahicam, the son of Saphan with the sword, and slew him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
- Matt 10:16Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
- Matt 10:17But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.