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 Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do anything against you.
Then Zedekiah the king said, See, he is in your hands: for the king was not able to do anything against them.
Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
He is in your hand - Ye have power to do as you please; I must act by your counsel. Poor weak prince! you respect the prophet, you fear the cabal, and you sacrifice an innocent man to your own weakness and their malice!
All real power was in their hands, and as they affirmed that Jeremiah's death was a matter of necessity, the king did not dare refuse it to them.
38:5 For the king - I see I am as it were no king. I can do nothing against you, you will do what you please.