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inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against
them; but they hearkened not.
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Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who
wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah
had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
CHAPTER 37
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.
2
But neither he, nor his servants,
nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the L
ORD
, which he spake by the prophet
Jeremiah.
3
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 L
ORD
our God for us.
4
Now
Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
5
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.
6
Then came the word of the L
ORD
unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
7
Thus saith the L
ORD
, 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.
8
And
the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
9
Thus
saith the L
ORD
; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they
shall not depart.
10
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.
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And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for
fear of Pharaoh’s army,
12
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin,
to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
13
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.
14
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.
15
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.
16
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained
there many days;
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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 L
ORD
? 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
Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that
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