Jeremiah 37
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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.
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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.
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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.
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And Jeremiah◦ came··in and went··out in the midst of the people; and they had not put◦ him into the prison house.
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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.
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And the word of Jehovah was unto▵ the prophet Jeremiah◦, saying,
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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.
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And the Chaldeans shall return, and fight against this city, and take◦ it, and burn· it ·up with fire.
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Thus says Jehovah, Beguile not your souls, saying, The Chaldeans going◦ shall go from upon us; for they shall not go.
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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.
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And it was, when the host of the Chaldeans was made to go··up from Jerusalem, from the faces of the host of Pharaoh,
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that Jeremiah◦ went··out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin*, to part from thence in the midst of the people.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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For Jeremiah◦ came to▵ the house of the pit, and to▵ the camps◦, and Jeremiah◦ dwelt there many days;
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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.
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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?
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Where◦ are your prophets who prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor◦ against this land?
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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.
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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◦.