ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 37
1. And Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977] reigned[H4427] as king[H4428], instead of Coniah[H3659] the son[H1121] of Jehoiakim[H3079], whom Nebuchadrezzar[H5019] king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] made king[H4427] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063].
2. But neither he[H5650], nor his servants, nor the people[H5971] of the land[H776], did hearken[H8085] unto the words[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], which he spake[H1696] by[H3027] the prophet[H5030] Jeremiah[H3414].
3. And Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428] sent[H7971] Jehucal[H3081] the son[H1121] of Shelemiah[H8018], and Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641], the priest[H3548], to the prophet[H5030] Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559], Pray[H6419] now unto Jehovah[H3068] our God for us[H430].
4. Now Jeremiah[H3414] came in[H935] and went out[H3318] among[H8432] the people[H5971]; for they had not put[H5414] him into prison[H1004].
5. And Pharaoh[H6547]'s army[H2428] was come forth[H3318] out[H3318] of Egypt[H4714]; and when the Chaldeans[H3778] that were besieging[H6696] Jerusalem[H3389] heard[H8085] tidings[H8088] of them[H3389], they brake up from Jerusalem.
6. Then came the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068] unto the prophet[H5030] Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
7. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Thus shall ye say[H559] to the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], that sent[H7971] you unto me to inquire[H1875] of me[H6547]: Behold, Pharaoh's army[H2428], which is come forth[H3318] to help[H5833] you[H7725], shall return to Egypt[H4714] into their own land[H776].
8. And the Chaldeans[H3778] shall come again[H7725], and fight[H3898] against this city[H5892]; and they shall take[H3920] it[H8313], and burn it with fire[H784].
9. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Deceive[H5377] not yourselves[H5315], saying[H559], The Chaldeans[H3778] shall surely[H1980] depart[H3212] from us[H3212]; for they shall not depart.
10. For though ye had smitten[H5221] the whole army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778] that fight[H3898] against you[H7604], and there remained but wounded[H1856] men[H582] among them[H6965], yet would they rise up every man[H376] in his tent[H168], and burn[H8313] this city[H5892] with fire[H784].
11. And it came to pass that[H2428], when the army of the Chaldeans[H3778] was broken up[H5927] from Jerusalem[H3389] for fear[H6440] of Pharaoh[H6547]'s army[H2428],
12. then Jeremiah[H3414] went forth[H3318] out[H3318] of Jerusalem[H3389] to go[H3212] into the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144], to receive his portion there[H8432], in the midst of the people[H5971].
13. And when he was in the gate[H8179] of Benjamin[H1144], a captain[H1167] of the ward[H6488] was there[H8034], whose name was Irijah[H3376], the son[H1121] of Shelemiah[H8018], the son[H1121] of Hananiah[H2608]; and he laid hold[H8610] on Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559], Thou art falling away[H5307] to the Chaldeans[H3778].
14. Then said[H559] Jeremiah[H3414], It is false[H8267]; I am not falling away[H5307] to the Chaldeans[H3778]. But he hearkened[H8085] not to him[H3376]; so Irijah laid hold[H8610] on Jeremiah[H3414], and brought[H8610] him to the princes[H8269].
15. And the princes[H8269] were wroth[H7107] with Jeremiah[H3414], and smote[H5221] him[H5414], and put him in prison[H612] in the house[H1004] of Jonathan[H3083] the scribe[H5608]; for they had made[H6213] that the prison[H3608].
16. When Jeremiah[H3414] was come into[H935] the dungeon-house[H1004], and into the cells[H2588], and Jeremiah[H3414] had remained[H3427] there many[H7227] days[H3117];
17. Then Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428] sent[H7971], and fetched[H3947] him[H4428]: and the king asked[H7592] him secretly[H5643] in his house[H1004], and said[H559], Is there any word[H1697] from Jehovah[H3068]? And Jeremiah[H3414] said[H559], There is[H3426]. He said[H559] also[H5414], Thou shalt be delivered into the hand[H3027] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].
18. Moreover Jeremiah[H3414] said[H559] unto king[H4428] Zedekiah[H6667], Wherein have I sinned[H2398] against thee[H5650], or against thy servants, or against this people[H5971], that ye have put[H5414] me in prison[H1004]?
19. Where now[H346] are your prophets[H5030] that prophesied[H5012] unto you[H559], saying, The king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] shall not come[H935] against you[H776], nor against this land?
20. And now hear[H8085], I pray thee[H113], O my lord the king[H4428]: let my supplication[H8467], I pray thee[H5307], be presented before[H6440] thee[H7725], that thou cause me not to return to the house[H1004] of Jonathan[H3083] the scribe[H5608], lest I die there[H4191].
21. Then Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428] commanded[H6680], and they committed[H6485] Jeremiah[H3414] into the court[H2691] of the guard[H4307]; and they gave[H5414] him daily[H3117] a loaf[H3603] of bread[H3899] out of the bakers[H644]' street[H2351], until all the bread[H3899] in the city[H5892] was spent[H8552]. Thus Jeremiah[H3414] remained[H3427] in the court[H2691] of the guard[H4307].
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