Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 037
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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
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But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the
land, did hearken unto the words of HaShem, which He spoke by the prophet
Jeremiah
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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 HaShem our G-d for us.
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Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for
they had not put him into prison
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And Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt; and when
the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they broke up from
Jerusalem
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Then came the word of HaShem unto the prophet Jeremiah,
saying
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'Thus saith HaShem, the G-d 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
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And the Chaldeans shall return, and fight against this
city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire
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Thus saith HaShem: Deceive not yourselves, saying: The
Chaldeans shall surely depart from us; for they shall not depart
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For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans
that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet would
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
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then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the
land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people
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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 fallest away to the
Chaldeans.
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Then said Jeremiah: 'It is false; I fall not away to the
Chaldeans'; but he hearkened not to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and
brought him to the princes
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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
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When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into
the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days
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then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him; and the king
asked him secretly in his house, and said: 'Is there any word from HaShem?' And
Jeremiah said: 'There is.' He said also: 'Thou shalt be delivered into the hand
of the king of Babylon.
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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
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Where now are your prophets that prophesied unto you,
saying: The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land
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And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my
supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee; that thou cause me not to
return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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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
Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 037
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