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Chapter 37.

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And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah
reigned instead of Caniah the son of

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Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezza king of
Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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But neither he nor his servants,
nor the people of the land, did hearken

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unto the words of the Lord, which he spake
by the prophet Jeremiah.

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And Zedekiah the king sent Jehuchal the
son of Jelamiah and Zephaniah the son of

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Maseah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah,
saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for

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us.

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Now Jeremiah came in and went out among
the people, for they had not put him into

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prison.

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Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of
Egypt.

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And when the Chaldeans that besieged
Jerusalem heard tidings of them,

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they departed from Jerusalem.

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Then came the word of the Lord unto the
prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thus saith the

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Lord the God of Israel.

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Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah
that sent you unto me to inquire of me,

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Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come
forth to help you, shall return to Egypt

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into their own land.

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And the Chaldeans shall come again and
fight against this city, and take it,

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and burn it with fire.

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Thus saith the Lord.

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Deceive not yourselves, saying,
The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us.

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For they shall not depart.

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For though ye had smitten the whole army
of the Chaldeans that fight against you,

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and there remained but wounded men among
them, yet should they rise up every man in

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his tent, and burn this city with fire.

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And it came to pass that when the army of
the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem

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for fear of Pharaoh's army, then Jeremiah
went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the

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land of Benjamin, to separate himself
thence in the midst of the people.

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And when he was in the gate of Benjamin,
a captain of the ward was there,

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whose name was Erijah, the son of
Shalamiah, the son of Hananiah.

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And he took Jeremiah the prophet,
saying, Thou fallest away to the

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Chaldeans.

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Then said Jeremiah, It is false.

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I fall not away to the Chaldeans.

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But he hearkened not to him.

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So Erijah took Jeremiah and brought him to
the princes.

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Wherefore the princes were wroth with
Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in

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prison in the house of Jonathan the
scribe.

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For they had made that the prison.

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When Jeremiah was entered into the
dungeon, and into the cabins, then

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Jeremiah had remained there many days.

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Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him
out.

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And the king asked him secretly in his
house, and said, Is there any word from

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the Lord?

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And Jeremiah said, There is.

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For, said he, thou shalt be delivered into
the hand of the king of Babylon.

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Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah,
What have I offended against thee,

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or against thy servants, or against this
people, that ye have put me in prison?

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Where are now your prophets, which
prophesied unto you, saying, The king of

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Babylon shall not come against you,
nor against this land.

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Therefore here now I pray thee,
O my lord the king, let my supplication,

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I pray thee, be accepted before thee,
that thou cause me not to return to the

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house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die
there.

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Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they
should commit Jeremiah into the court of

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the prison, and that they should give him
daily a piece of bread out of the baker's

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street, until all the bread in the city
was spent.

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Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the
prison.