KJV ORIGINAL
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
But Baruch (Neriah's son) is the one putting you up to this, trying to hand us over to the Babylonians so they can kill us or drag us off as prisoners to Babylon.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
When people don't want to hear the truth, they'll blame the messenger's friends instead.
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