Jeremiah:37

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* And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim , whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah . * But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land hearkened unto the words of the LORD , which he spoke by 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 the LORD our God for us . * (Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people : for they had not put him into prison . * And as Pharaoh 's army was come forth out of Egypt ; and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them , they departed from Jerusalem .) * Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah , saying , * Thus hath the LORD , the God of Israel said ; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah , that sent you unto me to enquire of me : Behold , Pharaoh 's army , which had come forth to help you , has returned 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 hath the LORD said ; Do not deceive yourselves , saying , The Chaldeans have surely departed from us ; for they shall not depart . * 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 each man from his tent and burn this city with fire . * And it came to pass , that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh 's army , * then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin to separate himself there in the midst of the people . * And when he was in the gate of Benjamin , a captain of the ward [was ] there , whose name [was ] Irijah , the son of Shelemiah , the son of Hananiah ; and he took Jeremiah the prophet , saying , Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans . * Then said Jeremiah [It is ] false ; I do not fall away to the Chaldeans . But he did not hearken to him : so Irijah took Jeremiah , and brought him to the princes . * Therefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah and smote him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe ; for they had made that the prison . * When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon and into the cabins , and Jeremiah had remained there many days ; * then Zedekiah the king sent and took him out : and the king asked him secretly in his house and said , Is there [any ] word from the LORD ? And Jeremiah said , There is : for , said he , thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon . * Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah , In what have I sinned against thee or against thy servants or against this people that ye have put me in prison ? * Where [are ] now your prophets which prophesied unto you , saying , The king of Babylon shall not come against you nor against this land ? * Therefore hear now , I pray thee , O my lord the king : let my supplication , I pray thee , be accepted before thee that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe , lest I die there . * Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the guard and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers ' street until all the bread in the city was spent . Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard .:

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