<p class="bodytext">The prophet Hananiah then took the yoke off the prophet Jeremiah&#8217;s neck and broke it.

Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

So Ebed Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasure room in the palace.<n id="1" /> He got some worn-out clothes and old rags<n id="2" /> from there and let them down by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

The captain of the royal guard took Jeremiah aside and said to him, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc> your God threatened this place with this disaster.

<p class="bodytext">The captain of the royal guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest who was second in rank, and the three doorkeepers.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Some time later<n id="1" /> Zedekiah sent and had Jeremiah brought to him at the third entrance<n id="2" /> of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple. The king said to Jeremiah, &#8220;I would like to ask you a question. Do not hide anything from me when you answer.&#8221;<n id="3" />

Instead Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers led off all the Judean remnant who had come back to live in the land of Judah from all the nations where they had been scattered.<n id="1" />

All the officials sent Jehudi, who was the son of Nethaniah and the grandson of Cushi, to Baruch. They ordered him to tell Baruch, &#8220;Come here and bring with you<n id="1" /> the scroll you read in the hearing of the people.&#8221;<n id="2" /> So Baruch son of Neriah went to them, carrying the scroll in his hand.<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon.