Jeremiah 38 · Verse 22

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.
Jeremiah 38:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 38:22 in other translations

BSBAll the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you— those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’
WEB‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your familiar friends have turned on you, and have prevailed over you. Your feet are sunk in the mire, they have turned away from you.”
ASVBehold, 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.
YLTThat, 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.
DARBYBehold, 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 they shall say, Thy familiar friends have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away back.
BBESee, 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.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Jeremiah 38:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. women--The very evil which Zedekiah wished to escape by disobeying the command to go forth shall befall him in its worst form thereby. Not merely the Jewish deserters shall "mock" him (Jr 38:19), but the very "women" of his own palace and harem, to gratify their new lords, will taunt him. A noble king in sooth, to suffer thyself to be so imposed on! Thy friends--Hebrew, "men of thy peace" (see Jr 20:10; Psa 41:9, Margin). The king's ministers and the false prophets who misled him. sunk in ... mire--proverbial for, Thou art involved by "thy friends'" counsels in inextricable difficulties. The phrase perhaps alludes to Jr 38:6; a just retribution for the treatment of Jeremiah, who literally "sank in the mire." they are turned ... back--Having involved thee in the calamity, they themselves shall provide for their own safety by deserting to the Chaldeans (Jr 38:19).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 All the women - brought forth - I think this place speaks of a kind of defection among the women of the harem; many of whom had already gone forth privately to the principal officers of the Chaldean army, and made the report mentioned in the end of this verse. These were the concubines or women of the second rank.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 38:14-28

Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear God, the more they fear men; often they dare not act according to their own judgments and consciences.

Read the full comment on Jeremiah 38:14-28 →

Jeremiah 38:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהִנֵּ֣הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
כָל\־khol-allH3605
הַנָּשִׁ֗יםha.na.Shimthe womenH802
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
נִשְׁאֲרוּ֙nish.'a.Ruthey are leftH7604
בְּבֵ֣יתbe.Veitin [the] house ofH1004
מֶֽלֶךְ\־Me.lekh-[the] king ofH4428
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
מוּצָא֕וֹתmu.tza.'ot[are] about to be brought outH3318
אֶל\־'el-toH413
שָׂרֵ֖יsa.Rei[the] commanders ofH8269
מֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekh[the] king ofH4428
בָּבֶ֑לba.VelBabylonH894
וְהֵ֣נָּהve.He.nahand theyH2007
אֹמְר֗וֹת'o.me.Rot[will be] sayingH559
הִסִּית֜וּךָhi.si.Tu.khathey misled youH5496
וְיָכְל֤וּve.ya.khe.Luand they prevailedH3201
לְךָ֙le.Khato <the> you
אַנְשֵׁ֣י'an.Shei[the] people ofH582
שְׁלֹמֶ֔ךָshe.lo.Me.khapeace yourH7965
הָטְבְּע֥וּha.te.be.'Uthey are sunkH2883
בַבֹּ֛ץva.Botzin the mireH1206
רַגְלֶ֖ךָrag.Le.khafeet yourH7272
נָסֹ֥גוּna.So.guthey have turnedH5472
אָחֽוֹר\׃'a.ChorbackwardsH268

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Cross references for Jeremiah 38:22

  • Lamentations 5:11

    They ravished the women in Zion, and the maids in the cities of Judah.

  • Lamentations 1:2

    She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears are on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort her: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.

  • Jeremiah 43:6

    Even men, and women, and children, and the king’s daughters, and every person that Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Baruch the son of Neriah.

  • Lamentations 1:13

    From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

  • Psalms 69:14

    Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.

  • Jeremiah 38:4-6

    Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

  • Jeremiah 38:19

    And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

  • Jeremiah 6:12

    And their houses shall be turned unto others, with their fields and wives together: for I will stretch out my hand upon the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord.

  • Psalms 41:9

    Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.

  • Jeremiah 41:10

    Then Ishmael carried away captive all the residue of the people that were in Mizpah, even the king’s daughters, and all the people that remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive, and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

  • Isaiah 42:17

    They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all.
41:10; 43:6; La 5:11
and those.Mr. Harmer would render, "and here ({hennah,} or reading {hinneh,} behold,) the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation, singing before a captive prince, than of his own wives and concubines." This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle: When he was at Lar, in Persia, the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar, with his people, in the morning, music playing, and girls and women singing and dancing before him, according to the custom of Persia, and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse, and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner, particularly with colours displayed, like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen, the general of the Athenians, their prisoner of war, according to the report of Justin."
Thy friends. Heb. The men of thy peace.
4-6; 20:10; Ps 41:9; *marg:
have set.
19; La 1:2; Mic 7:5
thy feet.
6; Ps 69:2,14
they are.
46:5,21; Isa 42:17; La 1:13

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Context

  • Jeremiah 38:21

    But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

  • 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.

  • Jeremiah 38:23

    So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

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Jeremiah 38:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y he aquí que todas las mujeres que han quedado en casa del rey de Judá, serán sacadas á los príncipes del rey de Babilonia; y ellas mismas dirán: Te han engañado, y prevalecido contra ti tus amigos; atollaron en el cieno tus pies, se volvieron atrás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, toutes les femmes qui sont de reste dans la maison du roi de Juda seront menées dehors vers les princes du roi de Babylone, et elles diront: Tes familiers t’ont entraîné, ils ont prévalu sur toi; tes pieds se sont enfoncés dans le bourbier, ils ont glissé en arrière.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, alle Weiber, die im Hause des Königs von Juda übriggeblieben sind, werden hinausgeführt werden zu den Fürsten des Königs von Babel; und sie werden sprechen: "Deine Freunde haben dich betrogen und überwältigt; deine Füße sanken ein in den Sumpf: sie wichen zurück".
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ecce omnes mulieres quæ remanserunt in domo regis Juda educentur ad principes regis Babylonis, et ipsæ dicent: Seduxerunt te, et prævaluerunt adversum te, viri pacifici tui: demerserunt in cœno et in lubrico pedes tuos, et recesserunt a te.