Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
- BSB Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
- NKJV Then the princes said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are.”
- NASB Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go, hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”
- NLT “You and Jeremiah should both hide,” the officials told Baruch. “Don’t tell anyone where you are!”
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Quick answer
The officials warn Baruch and Jeremiah to hide, foreseeing the king's hostility.
Overview
Anticipating Jehoiakim's anger, the princes urge Baruch and Jeremiah to go into hiding for safety. Their concern reveals both genuine respect for the prophet and fear of the king's wrath against God's messengers. Faithful proclamation of God's truth has always invited danger, as the prophets and later Christ Himself experienced.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 17:3Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that is before Jordan.
- 1 Kgs 18:4For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
- Jer 36:26But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
- 1 Kgs 18:10As the LORD thy God liveth, there is no nation or kingdom, whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee: and when they said, He is not there; he took an oath of the kingdom and nation, that they found thee not.
- Jer 26:20–24And there was also a man that prophesied in the name of the LORD, Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kirjathjearim, who prophesied against this city and against this land according to all the words of Jeremiah:
- Amos 7:12Also Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go, flee thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and prophesy there:
- Prov 28:12When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden.
- 2 Chr 25:15Wherefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against Amaziah, and he sent unto him a prophet, which said unto him, Why hast thou sought after the gods of the people, which could not deliver their own people out of thine hand?
- Luke 13:31The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
- Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
- Acts 23:16–22And when Paul’s sister’s son heard of their lying in wait, he went and entered into the castle, and told Paul.
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