Jer 38:4 | NASB1995 | STEP | Then the officials said to the king , “ Now let this man be put to death , inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people , by speaking such words to them; for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm .”

c Ex 5:4; 1 Kin 18:17, 18; 21:20; Neh 6:9; Amos 7:10; Acts 16:20

Jeremiah 38:4

4 Then the ^aofficials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is ^{▼▼ Lit weakening the hands of
,} ^cdiscouraging the men of war who are left in this city and ^{▼▼ Lit the hands of all}all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man ^eis not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”