JER-37:1 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.

JER-37:2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the

land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by

the prophet Jeremiah.

JER-37:3 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.

JER-37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for

they had not put him into prison.

JER-37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and

when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them,

 they departed from Jerusalem.

JER-37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet

Jeremiah, saying,

JER-37:7 Thus saith the LORD, 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.

JER-37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against

this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

JER-37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying,

The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not

depart.

JER-37:10 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.

JER-37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the

Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's

army,

JER-37:12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into

the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of

the people.

JER-37:13 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.

JER-37:14 Then said Jeremiah, [It is] false; I fall not away to

the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took

Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

JER-37:15 Wherefore 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.

JER-37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into

the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

JER-37:17 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.

JER-37:18 Moreover 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 prison?

JER-37:19 Where [are] now your prophets which prophesied unto

you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor

against this land?

JER-37:20 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.

JER-37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should

commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they

should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street,

 until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah

remained in the court of the prison. 

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