Jeremiah 37:14Then Jeremiah said, It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he didn't listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
The setting
Benjamin Gate, Jerusalem, 588 BC. Jeremiah denies the charge of desertion but Irijah refuses to listen. He's dragged before the princes (royal officials) who have been trying to silence him for months. Modern equivalent: being arrested at a checkpoint and taken to government officials.
The emotion here: righteous indignation at willful deafness to truth
The original word
shama (שָׁמַע) — to hear, listen, but here with negative 'lo' - he would not listen
Why it matters
The princes mentioned here had already thrown Jeremiah in a cistern earlier and wanted him dead
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 37:14
Jeremiah's defense was legally sound but politically irrelevant - they wanted him silenced, not vindicated
Common misconceptionPeople think Jeremiah should have stayed quiet to avoid trouble, but he was actually conducting legitimate business - the problem was political persecution, not poor judgment.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 37:14
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 37:14 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 37:14 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. These words are attributed to Jeremiah. The dominant emotion in this verse is angry, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is urgent. It belongs to the dialogue genre of biblical literature. Key themes include false accusation, injustice, persecution. Notable phrases: It is false; not falling away; Chaldeans.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same angry
“Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, 'I am strong.'”
— Joel 3:10
“You blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel!”
— Matthew 23:24
“Listen to this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on the mountain of Samaria, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who tell their husba…”
— Amos 4:1
“I hate, I despise your feasts, and I can't stand your solemn assemblies.”
— Amos 5:21
“Your eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.”
— Deuteronomy 19:21
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