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1 # And king <04428> Zedekiah <06667> the son <01121> of Josiah <02977> reigned <04427> (8799) instead of Coniah <03659> the son <01121> of Jehoiakim <03079>, whom Nebuchadrezzar <05019> king <04428> of Babylon <0894> made king <04427> (8689) in the land <0776> of Judah <03063>.
2 But neither he, nor his servants <05650>, nor the people <05971> of the land <0776>, did hearken <08085> (8804) unto the words <01697> of the LORD <03068>, which he spake <01696> (8765) by <03027> the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> .
3 And Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799) Jehucal <03081> the son <01121> of Shelemiah <08018> and Zephaniah <06846> the son <01121> of Maaseiah <04641> the priest <03548> to the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559> (8800), Pray <06419> (8690) now unto the LORD <03068> our God <0430> for us.
4 Now Jeremiah <03414> came in <0935> (8804) and went out <03318> (8802) among <08432> the people <05971>: for they had not put <05414> (8804) him into prison <01004> <03628>.
5 Then Pharaoh's <06547> army <02428> was come forth <03318> (8804) out of Egypt <04714>: and when the Chaldeans <03778> that besieged <06696> (8802) Jerusalem <03389> heard <08085> (8799) tidings <08088> of them, they departed <05927> (8735) from Jerusalem <03389>.
6 Then came the word <01697> of the LORD <03068> unto the prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414>, saying <0559> (8800),
7 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>, the God <0430> of Israel <03478>; Thus shall ye say <0559> (8799) to the king <04428> of Judah <03063>, that sent <07971> (8802) you unto me to enquire <01875> (8800) of me; Behold, Pharaoh's <06547> army <02428>, which is come forth <03318> (8802) to help <05833> you, shall return <07725> (8804) to Egypt <04714> into their own land <0776>.
8 And the Chaldeans <03778> shall come again <07725> (8804), and fight <03898> (8738) against this city <05892> , and take <03920> (8804) it, and burn <08313> (8804) it with fire <0784>.
9 Thus saith <0559> (8804) the LORD <03068>; Deceive <05377> (8686) not yourselves <05315>, saying <0559> (8800), The Chaldeans <03778> shall surely <01980> (8800) depart <03212> (8799) from us: for they shall not depart <03212> (8799).
10 For though ye had smitten <05221> (8689) the whole army <02428> of the Chaldeans <03778> that fight <03898> (8737) against you, and there remained <07604> (8738) but wounded <01856> (8794) men <0582> among them, yet should they rise up <06965> (8799) every man <0376> in his tent <0168>, and burn <08313> (8804) this city <05892> with fire <0784>.
11 # And it came to pass, that when the army <02428> of the Chaldeans <03778> was broken up <05927> (8736) from Jerusalem <03389> for fear <06440> of Pharaoh's <06547> army <02428>,
12 Then Jeremiah <03414> went forth <03318> (8799) out of Jerusalem <03389> to go <03212> (8800) into the land <0776> of Benjamin <01144>, to separate <02505> (8687) himself thence in the midst <08432> of the people <05971>.
13 And when he was in the gate <08179> of Benjamin <01144>, a captain <01167> of the ward <06488> was there, whose name <08034> was Irijah <03376>, the son <01121> of Shelemiah <08018>, the son <01121> of Hananiah <02608>; and he took <08610> (8799) Jeremiah <03414> the prophet <05030>, saying <0559> (8800), Thou fallest away <05307> (8802) to the Chaldeans <03778>.
14 Then said <0559> (8799) Jeremiah <03414>, It is false <08267>; I fall not away <05307> (8802) to the Chaldeans <03778>. But he hearkened <08085> (8804) not to him: so Irijah <03376> took <08610> (8799) Jeremiah <03414>, and brought <0935> (8686) him to the princes <08269>.
15 Wherefore the princes <08269> were wroth <07107> (8799) with Jeremiah <03414>, and smote <05221> (8689) him, and put <05414> (8804) him in prison <0612> in the house <01004> of Jonathan <03083> the scribe <05608> (8802) : for they had made <06213> (8804) that the prison <03608>.
16 When Jeremiah <03414> was entered <0935> (8804) into the dungeon <01004> <0953>, and into the cabins <02588> , and Jeremiah <03414> had remained <03427> (8799) there many <07227> days <03117>;
17 Then Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> sent <07971> (8799), and took him out <03947> (8799): and the king <04428> asked <07592> (8799) him secretly <05643> in his house <01004>, and said <0559> (8799), Is there any word <01697> from the LORD <03068>? And Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> (8799), There is <03426>: for, said <0559> (8799) he, thou shalt be delivered <05414> (8735) into the hand <03027> of the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.
18 Moreover Jeremiah <03414> said <0559> (8799) unto king <04428> Zedekiah <06667>, What have I offended <02398> (8804) against thee, or against thy servants <05650>, or against this people <05971>, that ye have put <05414> (8804) me in prison <01004> <03608>?
19 Where are now <0346> your prophets <05030> which prophesied <05012> (8738) unto you, saying <0559> (8800), The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> shall not come <0935> (8799) against you, nor against this land <0776>?
20 Therefore hear <08085> (8798) now, I pray thee, O my lord <0113> the king <04428>: let my supplication <08467> , I pray thee, be accepted <05307> (8799) before <06440> thee; that thou cause me not to return <07725> (8686) to the house <01004> of Jonathan <03083> the scribe <05608> (8802), lest I die <04191> (8799) there.
21 Then Zedekiah <06667> the king <04428> commanded <06680> (8762) that they should commit <06485> (8686) Jeremiah <03414> into the court <02691> of the prison <04307>, and that they should give <05414> (8800) him daily <03117> a piece <03603> of bread <03899> out of the bakers <0644> (8802)' street <02351>, until all the bread <03899> in the city <05892> were spent <08552> (8800). Thus Jeremiah <03414> remained <03427> (8799) in the court <02691> of the prison <04307>.