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1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king,
instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor
the people of the land, listened to Jehovah’s words, which he spoke by the
prophet Jeremiah. 3 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 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the
people; for they had not put him into prison. 5 Pharaoh’s army had come
out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of
them, they broke off from Jerusalem. 6 Then Jehovah’s word came to the
prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 “Jehovah, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall
tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s
army, which has come out to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own
land. 8 The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and
they shall take it, and burn it with fire. 9 Jehovah says, ‘Don’t deceive
yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us;” for they shall
not depart. 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans
who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes they
would rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.’”’”
11 When the army of the Chaldeans had broken off
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, 12 then Jeremiah went out of
Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the
middle of the people. 13 When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of
the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of
Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are falling
away to the Chaldeans.”
14 Then Jeremiah said, “It is false; I am not
falling away to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah laid
hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 The princes were
angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of
Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house,
and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, 17 then
Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his
house, and said, “Is there any word from Jehovah?”
Jeremiah said, “There is.” He said also, “You shall be
delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” 18 Moreover Jeremiah said
to king Zedekiah, “Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants,
or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where now are
your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon shall not
come against you, nor against this land?’ 20 Now please hear, my lord the
king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me
to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they
committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf
of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent.
Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
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