<p class="bodytext">Zephaniah the priest read that letter to the prophet Jeremiah.<n id="1" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke<n id="1" /> to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">The prophet Jeremiah told all this to King Zedekiah of Judah in Jerusalem.

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, &#8220;I am no longer allowed to go<n id="1" /> into the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple.

Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, &#8220;Do not let anyone know about the conversation we have had.<n id="1" /> If you do, you will die.<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had issued orders concerning Jeremiah. He had passed them on through Nebuzaradan, the captain of his royal guard,<n id="1" />

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">Now the <sc>Lordsc> had spoken to Jeremiah while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse,<n id="2" />

<p class="bodytext">Ten days later the <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Jeremiah.

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke to Jeremiah about the nations.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">The <sc>Lordsc> spoke concerning Babylon and the land of Babylonia<n id="1" /> through the prophet Jeremiah.<n id="2" />p>

Then Jeremiah said to Seraiah, &#8220;When you arrive in Babylon, make sure<n id="1" /> you read aloud all these prophecies.<n id="2" />

But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, &#8220;The <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s name for you is not &#8216;Pashhur&#8217; but &#8216;Terror is Everywhere.&#8217;<n id="1" />

<p class="bodytext">So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the <sc>Lordsc> had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll.<n id="1" />

Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread<n id="1" /> be given to him every day from the baker&#8217;s street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept<n id="2" /> in the courtyard of the guardhouse.p>

Ebed Melech<n id="1" /> called down to Jeremiah, &#8220;Put these rags and worn-out clothes under your armpits to pad the ropes.<n id="2" /> Jeremiah did as Ebed Melech instructed.<n id="3" />

<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" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">The prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah while he was writing down in a scroll the words that Jeremiah spoke to him.<n id="1" /> This happened in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah.<n id="2" />

<t /><p class="bodytext">Later the <sc>Lordsc> asked me, &#8220;What do you see, Jeremiah?&#8221; I answered, &#8220;I see a branch of an almond tree.&#8221;

<p class="bodytext">Then Jeremiah left Topheth where the <sc>Lordsc> had sent him to give that prophecy. He went to the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s temple and stood<n id="1" /> in its courtyard and called out to all the people.