Jeremiah 37
Jeremiah
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And king Zedeki'ah the son of Josi'ah
reigned instead of Coni'ah the son of Jehoi'akim, whom
Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2
Kgs. 24.17 · 2 Chr. 36.10
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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.
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And Zedeki'ah the king sent Jehu'cal
the son of Shelemi'ah and Zephani'ah the son of Ma-asei'ah the
priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
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Now Jeremiah came in and went out among
the people: for they had not put him into prison.
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Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of
Egypt: and when the Chalde'ans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings
of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
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Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
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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.
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And the Chalde'ans shall come again, and
fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with
fire.
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Thus saith the LORD;
Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chalde'ans shall surely depart
from us: for they shall not depart.
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For though ye had smitten the whole army
of the Chalde'ans 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.
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And it came to pass, that when the army
of the Chalde'ans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's
army,
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then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem
to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the
midst of the people.
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And when he was in the gate of Benjamin,
a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Iri'jah, the son of Shelemi'ah, the son of Hanani'ah; and he took
Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the
Chalde'ans.
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Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I
fall not away to the Chalde'ans. But he hearkened not to him: so
Iri'jah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
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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.
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When Jeremiah was entered into the
dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many
days;
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then Zedeki'ah 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.
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Moreover Jeremiah said unto king
Zedeki'ah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy
servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in
prison?
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Where are now your prophets which
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come
against you, nor against this land?
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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.
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Then Zedeki'ah 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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