Jeremias 37:3
And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias the prophet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God for us.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et misit rex Sedecias Juchal filium Selemiæ, et Sophoniam filium Maasiæ, sacerdotem, ad Jeremiam prophetam, dicens : Ora pro nobis Dominum Deum nostrum.
- Septuagint (Swete) shown from Jeremias 44:3
- καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ βασιλεὺς Σεδεκίας τὸν Ἰωαχὰλ υἱὸν Σελεμίου καὶ τὸν Σοφονίαν υἱὸν Μαασαίου τὸν ἱερέα πρὸς Ἰερεμίαν λέγων Πρόσευξαι δὴ περὶ ἡμῶν πρὸς Κύριον.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת יְהוּכַ֣ל בֶּן שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְאֶת צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן מַֽעֲשֵׂיָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר הִתְפַּלֶּל נָ֣א בַעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ
Haydock's commentary
Pray, or consult. He wished to know whether the Chaldeans would return. (Calmet)
He feared, yet ill-treated the prophet, as Herod did John the Baptist. (Worthington)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.