¹⁸ And I will give the men^◦ who have passed·​·by My covenant, who have not raised·​·up the words of the covenant which they had cut before Me, when they cut the calf in two, and passed between its parts^◦,

¹ And king Zedekiah^◦ the son of Josiah^◦ was·​·king instead of Coniah^◦ the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made·​·king in the land of Judah.

² And neither he^◦, nor^◦ his servants, nor^◦ the people of the land, did hearken to^▵ the words of Jehovah, which He spoke by the hand of Jeremiah^◦ the prophet.

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^◦ to^▵ Jehovah our God for us.

⁴ And Jeremiah^◦ came·​·in and went·​·out in the midst of the people; and they had not put^◦ him into the prison house.

⁵ And the host of Pharaoh came·​·out from Egypt; and the Chaldeans who besieged Jerusalem heard a rumor of them, and they went·​·up from against Jerusalem.

⁶ And the word of Jehovah was unto^▵ the prophet Jeremiah^◦, saying,

⁷ Thus says Jehovah, the God of Israel: Thus shall you say to^▵ the king of Judah, who sent you to^▵ Me to inquire of Me: Behold, the host of Pharaoh, which has come·​·out to help you, shall return to their own land Egypt.

⁸ And the Chaldeans shall return, and fight against this city, and take^◦ it, and burn· it ·up with fire.

⁹ Thus says Jehovah, Beguile not your souls, saying, The Chaldeans going^◦ shall go from upon us; for they shall not go.

¹⁰ For though you had smitten all the host of the Chaldeans that fight with^◦ you, and there were left among^◦ them men^▵ thrust·​·through, yet should they rise·​·up each·​·man^◦ in his tent, and burn·​·up this city with fire.

¹¹ And it was, when the host of the Chaldeans was made to go·​·up from Jerusalem, from the faces of the host of Pharaoh,

¹² that Jeremiah^◦ went·​·out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin^*, to part from thence in the midst of the people.

¹³ And he^◦ was in the gate of Benjamin, and a master of overseeing was there, and his name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid·​·hold of Jeremiah^◦ the prophet, saying, Thou^◦ fallest away to^▵ the Chaldeans.

¹⁴ And Jeremiah^◦ said, It is false; I fall not^◦ away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to^▵ him; and Irijah caught hold of Jeremiah^◦, and brought him to^▵ the princes.

¹⁵ And the princes were·​·enraged against Jeremiah^◦, and smote him, and put^◦ him into the house of bondage, the house of Jonathan^◦ the scribe; for they had made it into^◦ the prison house.

¹⁶ For Jeremiah^◦ came to^▵ the house of the pit, and to^▵ the camps^◦, and Jeremiah^◦ dwelt there many days;

¹⁷ and the king Zedekiah^◦ sent, and fetched him; and the king asked him in a hidden way in his house, and said, Is·​·there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah^◦ said, There·​·is. And he said, Into the hand of the king of Babylon thou shalt be given.

¹⁸ And Jeremiah^◦ said to^▵ king Zedekiah^◦, What have I sinned against^▵ thee, or^◦ against^▵ thy servants, or^◦ against^▵ this people, that you have put^◦ me into^▵ the prison house?

¹⁹ Where^◦ are your prophets who prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor^◦ against this land?

²⁰ And hear now, I pray^◦ thee, O my lord the king; let my supplication^◦, I pray^◦ thee, fall before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan^◦ the scribe, that I die not there.

²¹ And Zedekiah^◦ the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah^◦ into the court of the prison^◦, and give to him for the day a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers, until all the bread from the city was finished. And Jeremiah^◦ dwelt in the court of the prison^◦.