Jeremiah:37

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ylt @Jeremiah:37:1 @And reign doth king Zedekiah son of Josiah instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had caused to reign in the land of Judah , ylt @Jeremiah:37:2 @and he hath not hearkened , he , and his servants , and the people of the land , unto the words of Jehovah , that He spake by the hand of Jeremiah the prophet . ylt @Jeremiah:37:3 @And Zedekiah the king sendeth Jehucal son of Shelemiah , and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest , unto Jeremiah the prophet , saying , 'Pray , we beseech thee , for us unto Jehovah our God .' ylt @Jeremiah:37:4 @And Jeremiah is coming in and going out in the midst of the people , (and they have not put him in the prison-house ), ylt @Jeremiah:37:5 @and the force of Pharaoh hath come out of Egypt , and the Chaldeans , who are laying siege against Jerusalem , hear their report , and go up from off Jerusalem . ylt @Jeremiah:37:6 @And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah the prophet , saying : ylt @Jeremiah:37:7 @'Thus said Jehovah , God of Israel , Thus do ye say unto the king of Judah , who is sending you unto Me , to seek Me : Lo , the force of Pharaoh that is coming out to you for help hath turned back to its land , to Egypt , ylt @Jeremiah:37:8 @and the Chaldeans have turned back , and fought against this city , and captured it , and burnt it with fire . ylt @Jeremiah:37:9 @'Thus said Jehovah : Lift not up your souls saying , The Chaldeans surely go from off us , for they do not go ; ylt @Jeremiah:37:10 @for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you , and there were left of them wounded men -- each in his tent -- they rise , and have burnt this city with fire .' ylt @Jeremiah:37:11 @And it hath come to pass , in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem , because of the force of Pharaoh , ylt @Jeremiah:37:12 @that Jeremiah goeth out from Jerusalem to go [to ] the land of Benjamin , to receive a portion thence in the midst of the people . ylt @Jeremiah:37:13 @And it cometh to pass , he is at the gate of Benjamin , and there [is ] a master of the ward -- and his name is Irijah son of Shelemiah , son of Hananiah -- and he catcheth Jeremiah the prophet , saying , 'Unto the Chaldeans thou art falling .' ylt @Jeremiah:37:14 @And Jeremiah saith , 'Falsehood -- I am not falling unto the Chaldeans ;' and he hath not hearkened unto him , and Irijah layeth hold on Jeremiah , and bringeth him in unto the heads , ylt @Jeremiah:37:15 @and the heads are wroth against Jeremiah , and have smitten him , and put him in the prison-house -- the house of Jonathan the scribe , for it they had made for a prison-house . ylt @Jeremiah:37:16 @When Jeremiah hath entered into the house of the dungeon , and unto the cells , then Jeremiah dwelleth there many days , ylt @Jeremiah:37:17 @and the king Zedekiah sendeth , and taketh him , and the king asketh him in his house in secret , and saith , 'Is there a word from Jehovah ?' And Jeremiah saith , 'There is ,' and he saith , 'Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou art given .' ylt @Jeremiah:37:18 @And Jeremiah saith unto the king Zedekiah , 'What have I sinned against thee , and against thy servants , and against this people , that ye have given me unto a prison-house ? ylt @Jeremiah:37:19 @And where [are ] your prophets who prophesied to you , saying , The king of Babylon doth not come in against you , and against this land ? ylt @Jeremiah:37:20 @And now , hearken , I pray thee , my lord , O king , let my supplication fall , I pray thee , before thee , and cause me not to return [to ] the house of Jonathan the scribe , that I die not there .' ylt @Jeremiah:37:21 @And the king Zedekiah commandeth , and they commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison , also to give to him a cake of bread daily from the bakers ' street , till the consumption of all the bread of the city , and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison .

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