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Jeremiah 37:1-21

37:1

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>_.

37:2

But neither he, nor his servants
<05650>_,

nor the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_,

did hearken
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unto the words
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

which he spake
<01696> (8765)

by
<03027>

the prophet
<05030>

Jeremiah
<03414>_.

{by...: Heb. by the hand of the prophet}

37:3

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.

37:4

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>_.

37:5

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>_.

37:6

Then came the word
<01697>

of the LORD
<03068>

unto the prophet
<05030>

Jeremiah
<03414>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

37:7

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>_.

37:8

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>_.

37:9

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)_.

{yourselves: Heb. your souls}

37:10

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>_.

{wounded: Heb. thrust through}

37:11

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>_,

{broken...: Heb. made to ascend}

37:12

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>_.

{separate...: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people}

37:13

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>_.

37:14

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>_.

{false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie}

37:15

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>_.

37:16

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>_;

{cabins: or, cells}

37:17

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>_.

37:18

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>_?

37:19

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>_?

37:20

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. {let...: Heb. let my supplication fall}

37:21

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>_.