I will punish the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the court officials,<n id="1" /> the priests, and all the other people of the land who passed between the pieces of the calf.<n id="2" />

I made all of these other people drink it: Pharaoh, king of Egypt;<n id="1" /> his attendants, his officials, his people,

He sent it after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the palace officials,<n id="1" /> the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had been exiled from Jerusalem.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Johanan and all the officers of the troops that had been hiding in the open country came to Gedaliah at Mizpah.

<p class="poetry">I will establish my sovereignty over Elam.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">I will destroy their king and their leaders,&#8221;<n id="2" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="3" />p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia,p> <p class="poetry">against her leaders and her men of wisdom.p>

If you do this,<n id="1" /> then the kings and princes who follow in David&#8217;s succession<n id="2" /> and ride in chariots or on horses will continue to enter through these gates, as well as their officials and the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> This city will always be filled with people.<n id="4" />

He went down to the chamber of the royal secretary in the king&#8217;s palace and found all the court officials in session there. Elishama<n id="1" /> the royal secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor,<n id="2" /> Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials were seated there.

Then Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim, who was a chief officer, Nergal-Sharezer, who was a high official,<n id="1" /> and all the other officers of the king of Babylon came and set up quarters<n id="2" /> in the Middle Gate.<n id="3" />

<p class="poetry">Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught,p> <p class="poetry">so the people of Israel<n id="1" /> will suffer dishonor for what they have done.<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">So will their kings and officials,p> <p class="poetry">their priests and their prophets.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;When this happens,&#8221;<n id="1" /> says the <sc>Lordsc>,p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;the king and his officials will lose their courage.p> <p class="poetry">The priests will be struck with horror,p> <p class="poetry">and the prophets will be speechless in astonishment.&#8221;p>

I made Jerusalem<n id="1" /> and the cities of Judah, its kings and its officials drink it.<n id="2" /> I did it so Judah would become a ruin. I did it so Judah, its kings, and its officials would become an object<n id="3" /> of horror and of hissing scorn, an example used in curses.<n id="4" /> Such is already becoming the case!<n id="5" />

<p class="bodytext">However, some of the officials<n id="1" /> of Judah heard about what was happening<n id="2" /> and they rushed up to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple from the royal palace. They set up court<n id="3" /> at the entrance of the New Gate of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.<n id="4" />

When the king and all his bodyguards<n id="1" /> and officials heard what he was prophesying,<n id="2" /> the king sought to have him executed. But Uriah found out about it and fled to Egypt out of fear.<n id="3" />

I will also hand King Zedekiah of Judah and his officials over to their enemies who want to kill them. I will hand them over to the army of the king of Babylon, even though they have temporarily withdrawn from attacking you.<n id="1" />

Then the officials said to Baruch, &#8220;You and Jeremiah must go and hide. You must not let anyone know where you are.&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Jeremiah answered, &#8220;That&#8217;s a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.&#8221;<n id="1" /> But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials.

The officials were very angry<n id="1" /> at Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.<n id="2" />p>

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be handed over to the Babylonians<n id="1" /> and they will burn it down. You yourself will not escape from them.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the atrocities<n id="1" /> that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed.