Jeremiah:37

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* And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim , Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon having made him king in the land of Judah . * And neither he , nor his servants , nor the people of the land , hearkened unto the words of Jehovah , which he had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah . * And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah , and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah , saying , Pray now unto Jehovah our God for us . * And Jeremiah came in and went out among the people ; for they had not put him into prison . * And Pharaoh 's army was come forth out of Egypt ; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them , they went up from Jerusalem . * And the word of Jehovah came unto Jeremiah the prophet , saying , * Thus saith Jehovah the God of Israel : Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah , that sent you unto me to inquire of me : Behold , Pharaoh 's army , which is come forth to help you , shall return to Egypt into their own land . * And the Chaldeans shall come again , and fight against this city , and take it , and burn it with fire . * Thus saith Jehovah : Deceive not yourselves , saying , The Chaldeans are certainly gone away from us ; for they are not gone . * For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you , and there remained [but ] wounded men among them , [yet ] should they rise up every man in his tent , and burn this city with fire . * And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh 's army , * that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin , to have his portion there among the people . * And when he was in the gate of Benjamin , a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah , the son of Shelemiah , the son of Hananiah ; and he laid hold on the prophet Jeremiah , saying , Thou art deserting to the Chaldeans . * And Jeremiah said , It is false : I am not deserting to the Chaldeans . But he hearkened not to him ; and Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah , and brought him to the princes . * And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah , and smote him , and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe : for they had made that the prison . * When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults , and Jeremiah had remained there many days , * king Zedekiah sent and took him out . And the king asked of him secretly in his house , and said , Is there any word from Jehovah ? And Jeremiah said , There is ; and he said , Thou shalt be given into the hand of the king of Babylon . * And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah , What have I offended against thee , or against thy servants , or against this people , that ye have put me in the prison ? * And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you , saying , The king of Babylon shall not come against you , nor against this land ? * And now hear , I pray thee , my lord , O king : let my supplication , I pray thee , come before thee ; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe , lest I die there . * Then Zedekiah the king commanded , and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard , and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers ' street , until all the bread in the city was spent . And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard .

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