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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.
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.
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.
37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into
prison.
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.
37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,
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 enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help
you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and
burn it with fire.
37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely
depart from us: for they shall not depart.
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.
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,
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.
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.
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.
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.
37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had
remained there many days;
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.
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?
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?
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.
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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