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Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah ,
reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim .
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But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet .
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Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah ,
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah ,
the priest ,
to Jeremiah the prophet ,
saying , "
Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf ."
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Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out among the people ,
for they had not yet put him in the prison .
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Meanwhile ,
Pharaoh '
s army had set out from Egypt ;
and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them ,
they lifted the siege from Jerusalem .
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD God of Israel , '
Thus you are to say to the king of Judah ,
who sent you to Me to inquire of Me - "
Behold ,
Pharaoh '
s army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its own land of Egypt .
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The Chaldeans will also return and fight against this city ,
and they will capture it and burn it with fire ."'
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Thus says the LORD , '
Do not deceive yourselves ,
saying , "
The Chaldeans will surely go away from us ,"
for they will not go .
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For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you ,
and there were only wounded men left among them ,
each man in his tent ,
they would rise up and burn this city with fire .'"
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Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had lifted the siege from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh '
s army ,
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that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people .
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While he was at the Gate of Benjamin ,
a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah ,
the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there ;
and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet ,
saying , "
You are going over to the Chaldeans !"
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But Jeremiah said , "
A lie !
I am not going over to the Chaldeans ";
yet he would not listen to him .
So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials .
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Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him ,
and they put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe ,
which they had made into the prison .
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For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon ,
that is ,
the vaulted cell ;
and Jeremiah stayed there many days .
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Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out ;
and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said , "
Is there a word from the LORD ?"
And Jeremiah said , "
There is !"
Then he said , "
You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon !"
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Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah , "
In what way have I sinned against you ,
or against your servants ,
or against this people ,
that you have put me in prison ?
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Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you ,
saying , '
The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land '?
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But now ,
please listen ,
O my lord the king ;
please let my petition come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe ,
that I may not die there ."
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Then King Zedekiah gave commandment ,
and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers '
street ,
until all the bread in the city was gone .
So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guardhouse .
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Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan ,
and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur ,
and Jucal the son of Shelemiah ,
and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people ,
saying ,
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Thus says the LORD , '
He who stays in this city will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence ,
but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own life as booty and stay alive .'
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Thus says the LORD , '
This city will certainly be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and he will capture it .'"
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Then the officials said to the king , "
Now let this man be put to death ,
inasmuch as he is discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and all the people ,
by speaking such words to them ;
for this man is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm ."
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So King Zedekiah said , "
Behold ,
he is in your hands ;
for the king can do nothing against you ."
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Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king '
s son ,
which was in the court of the guardhouse ;
and they let Jeremiah down with ropes .
Now in the cistern there was no water but only mud ,
and Jeremiah sank into the mud .
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But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ,
a eunuch ,
while he was in the king '
s palace ,
heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern .
Now the king was sitting in the Gate of Benjamin ;
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and Ebed-melech went out from the king '
s palace and spoke to the king ,
saying ,
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My lord the king ,
these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet whom they have cast into the cistern ;
and he will die right where he is because of the famine ,
for there is no more bread in the city ."
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Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ,
saying , "
Take thirty men from here under your authority and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies ."
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So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went into the king '
s palace to a place beneath the storeroom and took from there worn-out clothes and worn-out rags and let them down by ropes into the cistern to Jeremiah .
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Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah , "
Now put these worn-out clothes and rags under your armpits under the ropes ";
and Jeremiah did so .
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So they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern ,
and Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guardhouse .
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Then King Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought to him at the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD ;
and the king said to Jeremiah , "
I am going to ask you something ;
do not hide anything from me ."
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Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah , "
If I tell you ,
will you not certainly put me to death ?
Besides ,
if I give you advice ,
you will not listen to me ."
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But King Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah in secret saying , "
As the LORD lives ,
who made this life for us ,
surely I will not put you to death nor will I give you over to the hand of these men who are seeking your life ."
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Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah , "
Thus says the LORD God of hosts ,
the God of Israel , '
If you will indeed go out to the officers of the king of Babylon ,
then you will live ,
this city will not be burned with fire ,
and you and your household will survive .
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But if you will not go out to the officers of the king of Babylon ,
then this city will be given over to the hand of the Chaldeans ;
and they will burn it with fire ,
and you yourself will not escape from their hand .'"
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Then King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah , "
I dread the Jews who have gone over to the Chaldeans ,
for they may give me over into their hand and they will abuse me ."