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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Jeremiah
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 37
And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son
of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of
Judah. But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did
hearken unto the words of Jehovah, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
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 Jehovah our God for us. Now Jeremiah c me in and went out among the
people; for they had not put him into prison. And Pharaoh's army was come
forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans that were besieging Jerusalem heard
tidings of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.
Then came the word of Jehovah unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thus
saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that
sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth
to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land. And the Chaldeans
shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and
burn it with fire. Thus saith Jehovah, Deceive not ^1 yourselves, saying, The
Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart. For though
ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and
there remained but ^2 wounded men among them, yet would they rise up every man
in his tent, and burn this city with fire.
[Footnote 1: Heb. your souls.]
[Footnote 2: Heb. thrust through.]
And it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, then Jeremiah went forth out of
Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion ^3 there, in
the midst of the people. 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 laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou art falling
away to the Chaldeans. Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I am not falling away
to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on
Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. And 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.
[Footnote 3: Heb. from thence.]
When Jeremiah was come into the ^4 dungeon-house, and into the cells, and
Jeremiah had remained there many days; then Zedekiah the king sent, and
fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there
any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt
be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon. Moreover Jeremiah said
unto king Zedekiah, Wherein have I sinned against thee, or against thy
servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison? Where now
are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall
not come against you, nor against this land? And now hear, I pray thee, O my
lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, ^5 be presented before thee,
that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I
die there. Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into
the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the
bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah
remained in the court of the guard.
[Footnote 4: Or, house of the pit]
[Footnote 5: Heb. fall.]