Verse
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Berean Standard Bible
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Nebuchadnezzar
king of
Babylon
made
Zedekiah son of Josiah the
king
of
Judah,
and
he
reigned in
place
of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
And
king Zedekiah the
son of Josiah reigned instead
of Coniah the
son of Jehoiakim ,
whom
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
made
king
in
the
land
of
Judah
.
But he and
his officers
and
the people of the land refused
to
obey
the words that
the LORD had
spoken
through
Jeremiah
the prophet.
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
.
Yet
King
Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest,
the
son of Maaseiah ,
to Jeremiah
the prophet with
the
message
, “Please
pray to
the LORD our God for us !”
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
unto
the LORD our God for us .
Now Jeremiah was
free
to
come
and go
among the people ,
for they had not yet
put him in
prison.
Now Jeremiah came
in
and went
out
among the people :
for they had not put him into
prison.
Pharaoh’s
army had
left
Egypt ,
and when the Chaldeans who
were
besieging
Jerusalem heard the
report
, they withdrew
from Jerusalem.
Then
Pharaoh's
army was
come
forth
out
of
Egypt :
and when the Chaldeans that
besieged
Jerusalem heard tidings
of
them
, they departed
from Jerusalem.
Then the word of the LORD came
to
Jeremiah
the prophet :
Then came
the word of the LORD unto
the prophet Jeremiah
saying,
“This
is
what
the LORD, the God of Israel ,
says
that
you
are
to tell
the king of Judah, who
sent you to Me :
Behold, Pharaoh’s
army, which has
marched
out
to help you, will
go
back
to its
own land of
Egypt
.
Thus
saith
the LORD, the God of Israel ;
Thus
shall
ye
say
to the king of Judah, that
sent you unto
me
to enquire
of
me ;
Behold, Pharaoh's
army, which is
come
forth
to help you, shall
return
to Egypt
into
their
own land.
Then
the Chaldeans will
return
and fight against this city .
They
will
capture
it and burn it down
.
And
the Chaldeans shall
come
again,
and fight against this city ,
and
take
it ,
and burn it with
fire
.
This
is
what
the LORD says:
Do
not
deceive yourselves by
saying, ‘
The Chaldeans will
go
away
for
good,’
for they will
not !
Thus
saith
the LORD ;
Deceive not
yourselves ,
saying, The Chaldeans shall
surely
depart
from
us:
for they shall
not depart.
Indeed,
if
you
were
to
strike
down
the entire
army of the Chaldeans that is
fighting
against you, and only
wounded men remained
in
their
tents
, they would
still
get
up and burn this city down
. ”
For
though
ye
had
smitten
the whole
army of the Chaldeans 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
.
When the Chaldean
army withdrew
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s
army,
And
it
came
to
pass,
that
when the army of
the
Chaldeans
was
broken
up
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's
army,
Jeremiah started
to
leave
Jerusalem to go to
the land of Benjamin to claim
his
portion
there
among
the people.
Then
Jeremiah went
forth
out
of
Jerusalem to go into
the land of Benjamin ,
to separate
himself
thence
in
the midst
of
the
people.
But
when he reached
the Gate of Benjamin, the
captain of the guard
, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah ,
seized
him
and said
, “You
are
deserting
to the Chaldeans !”
And
when he was
in
the gate of Benjamin, a
captain of the ward
was
there
, whose name was Irijah ,
the
son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah ;
and he
took
Jeremiah
the
prophet
, saying,
Thou
fallest
away
to the Chaldeans .
“That
is
a
lie,”
Jeremiah replied.
“
I am
not deserting
to the Chaldeans !”
But Irijah
would
not listen
to him ;
instead,
he
arrested
Jeremiah and took
him to the officials
.
Then
said
Jeremiah ,
It
is
false;
I fall
not away
to the Chaldeans .
But he
hearkened
not to him :
so
Irijah
took
Jeremiah ,
and brought
him to the princes
.
The officials
were angry
with Jeremiah, and they
beat
him and placed
him in jail
in the house of Jonathan the scribe ,
for it
had been
made into
a
prison.
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.
So
Jeremiah went
into a
cell
in
the dungeon and remained there a
long
time.
When
Jeremiah was
entered
into the dungeon ,
and into
the
cabins,
and
Jeremiah
had
remained there many
days;
Later,
King
Zedekiah sent for
Jeremiah
and received
him in his palace
, where
he
asked
him
privately
, “
Is there a
word from the LORD? ”
“
There is, ”
Jeremiah
replied.
“You
will
be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. ”
Then
Zedekiah 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.
Then
Jeremiah asked
King Zedekiah, “How
have I sinned
against you
or your
servants or these
people, that you
have put me in prison?
Moreover
Jeremiah said
unto
king Zedekiah, What
have I offended
against thee,
or against
thy
servants ,
or against
this
people, that ye
have put me in prison?
Where are your prophets who
prophesied to
you, claiming
, ‘
The king of Babylon will
not come against you or
this land ’
?
Where are now
your prophets which
prophesied unto
you, saying
, The king of Babylon shall
not come against you ,
nor
against
this land?
But
now please
listen
, O my lord the king .
May
my petition
come
before you.
Do
not
send
me back
to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or
I will
die there. ”
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.
So
King
Zedekiah gave
orders
for
Jeremiah to
be
placed
in
the courtyard
of the guard
and given
a loaf
of bread daily
from
the
street
of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was
gone
. So
Jeremiah remained in the courtyard
of the guard
.
Then
Zedekiah 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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