As for me, I am in your hands—do with me as you think best.
Parallel translations
- WEB But as for me, behold, I am in your hand. Do with me what is good and right in your eyes.
- KJV As for me, behold, I am in your hand: do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you.
- BSB As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.
- NKJV As for me, here I am, in your hand; do with me as seems good and proper to you.
- NASB But as for me, behold, I am in your hands; do with me as is good and right in your sight.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah submits his fate entirely to his accusers, telling them to do as they see right. He entrusts himself to God while bowing to human judgment.
Overview
His calm surrender shows neither cowardice nor compromise but faith in God's sovereignty over his life. He does not resist or flee but places himself in their hands. This meek submission echoes the righteous sufferer who entrusts himself to the One who judges justly. It anticipates Christ, who 'when he suffered, didn't threaten, but committed himself to him who judges righteously' (1 Peter 2:23).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Josh 9:25Now, behold, we are in your hand. Do to us as it seems good and right to you to do.”
- Jer 38:5Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
- 2 Sam 15:26but if he says, ‘I have no delight in you;’ behold, here am I. Let him do to me as seems good to him.”
- Dan 3:16Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered the king, Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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