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Jeremiah 37
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Zedekiah Consults Jeremiah

37Josiah's son King Zedekiah reigned in place of Jehoiakim's son Coniah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king of the land of Judah.H4428H6667H1121H2977H4427H3659H1121H3079H5019H4428H894H4427H776H3063
2But neither he nor his officials nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that were spoken by Jeremiah the prophet.H5650H5971H776H8085H1697H3068H1696H3027H5030H3414
3King Zedekiah sent Shelemiah's son Jehucal and Maaseiah's son Zephaniah the priest to Jeremiah the prophet, asking him, "Please pray to the Lord our God for us."H6667H4428H7971H3081H1121H8018H6846H1121H4641H3548H5030H3414H559H6419H3068H430
4Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people since he had not yet been put in prison.H3414H935H3318H8432H5971H5414H1004H3628
5Pharaoh's army had come out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.H6547H2428H3318H4714H3778H6696H3389H8085H8088H5927H3389
6Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:H1697H3068H5030H3414H559
7"This is what the Lord God of Israel says: 'This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, "Look, Pharaoh's army that has come to help will go back to its own land of Egypt,H559H3068H430H3478H559H4428H3063H7971H1875H6547H2428H3318H5833H7725H4714H776
8and then the Chaldeans will come back to fight against this city, to capture it, and burn it with fire."'H3778H7725H3898H5892H3920H8313H784
9This is what the Lord says: "Don't deceive yourselves by saying, 'The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,' for they won't go.H559H3068H5377H5315H559H3778H1980H3212H3212
10Indeed, even if you defeated the entire Chaldean army that is fighting against you, and they had only wounded men left in their tents, they would get up and burn this city with fire."'"H5221H2428H3778H3898H7604H1856H582H6965H376H168H8313H5892H784

Jeremiah Arrested for Treason

11When the Chaldean army was leaving Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,H2428H3778H5927H3389H6440H6547H2428
12Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin to take possession of his property there among the people.H3414H3318H3389H3212H776H1144H2505H8432H5971
13He was in the Gate of Benjamin, and chief officer Irijah, Shelemiah's son and the grandson of Hananiah, was there. He arrested Jeremiah the prophet, accusing him: "You are going over to the Chaldeans!"H8179H1144H1167H6488H8034H3376H1121H8018H1121H2608H8610H3414H5030H559H5307H3778
14Jeremiah said, "It's a lie! I'm not going over to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him, and he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.H559H3414H8267H5307H3778H8085H3376H8610H3414H935H8269
15The officials were angry with Jeremiah and beat him. They put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe because they had made it into a prison.H8269H7107H3414H5221H5414H612H1004H3083H5608H6213H3608
16So Jeremiah came into the cells in the dungeon and remained there for a long time.H3414H935H1004H953H2588H3414H3427H7227H3117
17Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house: "Is there a word from the Lord? Jeremiah said, "There is," and then he said, "You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon."H6667H4428H7971H3947H4428H7592H5643H1004H559H1697H3068H3414H559H3426H559H5414H3027H4428H894
18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What offense have I committed against you, your officials, or these people that you have put me in prison -H3414H559H4428H6667H2398H5650H5971H5414H1004H3608
19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, telling you: 'The king of Babylon won't come against you or against this land' -H346H5030H5012H559H4428H894H935H776
20Now, please listen, your majesty, and pay attention to what I'm asking you. Don't make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so I don't die there."H8085H113H4428H8467H5307H6440H7725H1004H3083H5608H4191
21So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.H6667H4428H6680H6485H3414H2691H4307H5414H3117H3603H3899H644H2351H3899H5892H8552H3414H3427H2691H4307


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