Jeremiah
Jeremiah 37
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Jeremiah 37 — Scripture text (King James Version)
And king the son of reigned instead of the son of , whom king of made king in the land of . But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet . And the king sent the son of and the son of the priest to the prophet , saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us. Now came in and went out among the people: for they had not him into prison. Then ’s army was come forth out of : and when the that besieged heard tidings of them, they departed from . Then came of the LORD unto the prophet , saying, Thus saith the LORD, the God of ; Thus shall ye say to the king of , that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to into their own land. And the shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire. Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. For though ye had smitten the whole army of the that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. And it came to pass, that when the army of the was broken up from for fear of ’s army, Then went forth out of to go into the land of , to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. And when he was in the gate of , a captain of the ward was there, whose name was , the son of , the son of ; and he took the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the . Then said , It is false; I fall not away to the . But he hearkened not to him: so took , and brought him to the princes. Wherefore the princes were wroth with , and smote him, and him in prison in the house of the scribe: for they had made that the prison. When was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and had remained there many days; Then the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of . Moreover said unto king , What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have me in prison? Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of shall not come against you, nor against this land? Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of the scribe, lest I die there. Then the king commanded that they should commit into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus remained in the court of the prison.