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Jeremiah 37 (NET) New English Translation

1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.
2 Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the LORD said through the prophet Jeremiah.
3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah. He told them to say, "Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf."
4 (Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.
5 At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt.)
6 The LORD gave the prophet Jeremiah a message for them. He told him to tell them,
7 "The LORD God of Israel says, 'Give a message to the king of Judah who sent you to ask me to help him. Tell him, "The army of Pharaoh that was on its way to help you will go back home to Egypt.
8 Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.
9 Moreover, I, the LORD, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.
10 For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down."'"
11 The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming.
12 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.
13 But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting to the Babylonians!"
14 Jeremiah answered, "That's a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians." But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials.
15 The officials were very angry 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.
16 So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan's house. He was kept there for a long time.
17 Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, "Is there any message from the LORD?" Jeremiah answered, "Yes, there is." Then he announced, "You will be handed over to the king of Babylon."
18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?
19 Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?
20 But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there."
21 Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the baker's street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.
1 And king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 reigned H4427 instead H8478 of Coniah H3659 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim, H3079 whom H834 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 made king H4427 in the land H776 of Judah. H3063
2 But neither H3808 he, H1931 nor his servants, H5650 nor the people H5971 of the land, H776 did hearken H8085 unto H413 the words H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which H834 he spoke H1696 by H3027 the prophet H5030 Jeremiah. H3414
3 And Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 sent H7971 H853 Jehucal H3081 the son H1121 of Shelemiah H8018 and Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641 the priest H3548 to H413 the prophet H5030 Jeremiah, H3414 saying, H559 Pray H6419 now H4994 unto H413 the LORD H3068 our God H430 for H1157 us.
4 Now Jeremiah H3414 came in H935 and went out H3318 among H8432 the people: H5971 for they had not H3808 put H5414 him into prison H1004 H3628 .
5 Then Pharaoh's H6547 army H2428 was come forth H3318 out of Egypt H4480 H4714 : and when the Chaldeans H3778 that besieged H6696 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 H853 tidings H8088 of them , they departed H5927 from H4480 H5921 Jerusalem. H3389
6 Then came H1961 the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto H413 the prophet H5030 Jeremiah, H3414 saying, H559
7 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel; H3478 Thus H3541 shall ye say H559 to H413 the king H4428 of Judah, H3063 that sent H7971 you unto H413 me to inquire H1875 of me; Behold, H2009 Pharaoh's H6547 army, H2428 which is come forth H3318 to help H5833 you , shall return H7725 to Egypt H4714 into their own land. H776
8 And the Chaldeans H3778 shall come again, H7725 and fight H3898 against H5921 this H2063 city, H5892 and take H3920 it , and burn H8313 it with fire. H784
9 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Deceive H5377 not H408 yourselves, H5315 saying, H559 The Chaldeans H3778 shall surely depart H1980 H1980 from H4480 H5921 us: for H3588 they shall not H3808 depart. H1980
10 For H3588 though H518 ye had smitten H5221 the whole H3605 army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 that fight H3898 against H854 you , and there remained H7604 but wounded H1856 men H376 among them, yet should they rise H6965 every man H376 in his tent, H168 and burn H8313 H853 this H2063 city H5892 with fire. H784
11 And it came to pass, H1961 that when the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 was broken up H5927 from H4480 H5921 Jerusalem H3389 for fear H4480 H6440 of Pharaoh's H6547 army, H2428
12 Then Jeremiah H3414 went forth H3318 out of Jerusalem H4480 H3389 to go H1980 into the land H776 of Benjamin, H1144 to separate himself H2505 thence H4480 H8033 in the midst H8432 of the people. H5971
13 And when he H1931 was H1961 in the gate H8179 of Benjamin, H1144 a captain H1167 of the ward H6488 was there, H8033 whose name H8034 was Irijah, H3376 the son H1121 of Shelemiah, H8018 the son H1121 of Hananiah; H2608 and he took H8610 H853 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet, H5030 saying, H559 Thou H859 fallest away H5307 to H413 the Chaldeans. H3778
14 Then said H559 Jeremiah, H3414 It is false; H8267 I fall H5307 not H369 away to H5921 the Chaldeans. H3778 But he hearkened H8085 not H3808 to H413 him : so Irijah H3376 took H8610 Jeremiah, H3414 and brought H935 him to H413 the princes. H8269
15 Wherefore the princes H8269 were wroth H7107 with H5921 Jeremiah, H3414 and smote H5221 him , and put H5414 him in prison H1004 H612 in the house H1004 of Jonathan H3083 the scribe: H5608 for H3588 they had made H6213 that the prison H1004 H3608 .
16 When H3588 Jeremiah H3414 was entered H935 into H413 the dungeon H1004 H953 , and into H413 the cabins, H2588 and Jeremiah H3414 had remained H3427 there H8033 many H7227 days; H3117
17 Then Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 sent, H7971 and took H3947 him out : and the king H4428 asked H7592 him secretly H5643 in his house, H1004 and said, H559 Is there H3426 any word H1697 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 ? And Jeremiah H3414 said, H559 There is: H3426 for, said H559 he , thou shalt be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894
18 Moreover Jeremiah H3414 said H559 unto H413 king H4428 Zedekiah, H6667 What H4100 have I offended H2398 against thee , or against thy servants, H5650 or against this H2088 people, H5971 that H3588 ye have put H5414 me in H413 prison H1004 H3608 ?
19 Where H346 are now your prophets H5030 which H834 prophesied H5012 unto you, saying, H559 The king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall not H3808 come H935 against H5921 you , nor against H5921 this H2063 land H776 ?
20 Therefore hear H8085 now, H6258 I pray thee, H4994 O my lord H113 the king: H4428 let my supplication, H8467 I pray thee, H4994 be accepted H5307 before H6440 thee ; that thou cause me not H408 to return H7725 to the house H1004 of Jonathan H3083 the scribe, H5608 lest H3808 I die H4191 there. H8033
21 Then Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 commanded H6680 that they should commit H6485 H853 Jeremiah H3414 into the court H2691 of the prison, H4307 and that they should give H5414 him daily H3117 a piece H3603 of bread H3899 out of the bakers's H644treet H4480 H2351 , until H5704 all H3605 the bread H3899 in H4480 the city H5892 were spent. H8552 Thus Jeremiah H3414 remained H3427 in the court H2691 of the prison. H4307
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