Jeremiah:38:14-28

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* Then sent king Zedekiah , and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that was in the house of the Lord ; and the king said unto Jeremiah , I will ask thee something : conceal nothing from me . * Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah , If I should tell it unto thee , behold , thou wilt surely put me to death ; and if I should give thee counsel , thou wilt not hearken unto me . * So king Zedekiah swore unto Jeremiah secretly , saying , As the Lord liveth , who hath made for us this soul , I will not put thee to death , nor will I give thee up into the hand of these men that seek thy life . * Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah , Thus hath said the Lord , the God of hosts , the God of Israel , If thou wilt indeed go forth unto the princes of the king of Babylon , then shall thy soul live , and this city shall not be burnt with fire ; and thou shalt live , thou with thy household ; * But if thou wilt not go forth to the princes of the king of Babylon , then shall this city be given up into the hand of the Chaldeans , and they shall burn it with fire , and thou thyself shalt not escape out of their hand . * Then said king Zedekiah unto Jeremiah , I am in dread of the Jews that have run away to the Chaldeans , lest these deliver me into their hand , and they might ill –use me . * But Jeremiah said , They will not give up . Obey , I beseech thee , the voice of the Lord , in that which I speak unto thee ; so it shall be well unto thee , and thy soul shall live . * But if thou refuse to go forth , this is the word that the Lord hath shown me : * And behold , all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall be led forth to the princes of the king of Babylon ; and these women shall say , "They have enticed , and have overpersuaded thee ––thy men that should have sought thy welfare ; thy feet are sunk in the mire , and they have withdrawn themselves backward ." * And all thy wives and thy children shall they bring out to the Chaldeans ; and thou thyself shalt not escape out of their hand ; for by the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be caught ; and this city wilt thou cause to be burnt with fire . * Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah , Let no man know of these words , that thou mayest not die . * And if the princes should hear that I have spoken with thee , and they come unto thee , and say unto thee , tell us , we pray thee , what thou hast spoken unto the king , conceal it not from us , and we will not put thee to death ; also what the king hath spoken unto thee : * Then shalt thou say unto them , I presented my humble supplication before the king , that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan , to die there . * And all the princes came unto Jeremiah , and asked him : and he told them in accordance with all these words that the king had commanded . And they turned away silent from him ; for the matter had not been made public . * And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken . And it came to pass when Jerusalem was captured ,

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