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And king[H4428]Zedekiah[H6667] the son[H1121] of Josiah[H2977]reigned[H4427] instead of Coniah[H3659] the son[H1121] of Jehoiakim[H3079], whom Nebuchadrezzar[H5019]king[H4427] of Babylon[H894] made king[H4427] in the land[H776] of Judah[H3063].
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But neither he, nor his servants[H5650], nor the people[H5971] of the land[H776], did hearken[H8085] unto the words[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027] the prophet[H5030]Jeremiah[H3414].
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And Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428]sent[H7971]Jehucal[H3081] the son[H1121] of Shelemiah[H8018] and Zephaniah[H6846] the son[H1121] of Maaseiah[H4641] the priest[H3548] to the prophet[H5030]Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559], Pray[H6419] now unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430] for us.
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Now Jeremiah[H3414] came in[H935] and went out[H3318]among[H8432] the people[H5971]: for they had not put[H5414] him into prison[H1004].
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Then Pharaoh's army[H2428] was come forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714]: and when the Chaldeans[H3778] that besieged[H6696]Jerusalem[H3389]heard[H8085]tidings[H8088] of them, they departed[H5927] from Jerusalem[H3389].
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Then came the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] unto the prophet[H5030]Jeremiah[H3414], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]; Thus shall ye say[H559] to the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063], that sent[H7971] you unto me to enquire[H1875] of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army[H2428], which is come forth[H3318] to help[H5833] you, shall return[H7725] to Egypt[H4714] into their own land[H776].
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And the Chaldeans[H3778] shall come again[H7725], and fight[H3898] against this city[H5892], and take[H3920] it, and burn[H8313] it with fire[H784].
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Thus saith[H559] the LORD[H3068]; Deceive[H5377] not yourselves[H5315], saying[H559], The Chaldeans[H3778] shall surely[H1980]depart[H3212] from us: for they shall not depart[H3212].
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For though ye had smitten[H5221] the whole army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778] that fight[H3898] against you, and there remained[H7604] but wounded[H1856]men[H582] among them, yet should they rise up[H6965] every man[H376] in his tent[H168], and burn[H8313] this city[H5892] with fire[H784].
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And it came to pass, that when the army[H2428] of the Chaldeans[H3778] was broken up[H5927] from Jerusalem[H3389] for fear[H6440] of Pharaoh's army[H2428],
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Then Jeremiah[H3414] went forth[H3318] out of Jerusalem[H3389] to go[H3212] into the land[H776] of Benjamin[H1144], to separate[H2505] himself thence in the midst[H8432] of the people[H5971].
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And when he was in the gate[H8179] of Benjamin[H1144], a captain[H1167] of the ward[H6488] was there, whose name[H8034] was Irijah[H3376], the son[H1121] of Shelemiah[H8018], the son[H1121] of Hananiah[H2608]; and he took[H8610]Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030], saying[H559], Thou fallest away[H5307] to the Chaldeans[H3778].
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Then said[H559]Jeremiah[H3414], It is false[H8267]; I fall not away[H5307] to the Chaldeans[H3778]. But he hearkened[H8085] not to him: so Irijah[H3376]took[H8610]Jeremiah[H3414], and brought[H935] him to the princes[H8269].
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Wherefore the princes[H8269] were wroth[H7107] with Jeremiah[H3414], and smote[H5221] him, and put[H5414] him in prison[H612] in the house[H1004] of Jonathan[H3083] the scribe[H5608]: for they had made[H6213] that the prison[H3608].
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When Jeremiah[H3414] was entered[H935] into the dungeon[H1004], and into the cabins[H2588], and Jeremiah[H3414] had remained[H3427] there many[H7227]days[H3117];
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Then Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428]sent[H7971], and took him out[H3947]: and the king[H4428]asked[H7592] him secretly[H5643] in his house[H1004], and said[H559], Is[H3426] there any word[H1697] from 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].
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Moreover Jeremiah[H3414]said[H559] unto king[H4428]Zedekiah[H6667], What have I offended[H2398] against thee, or against thy servants[H5650], or against this people[H5971], that ye have put[H5414] me in prison?[H1004]
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Where are now[H346] your prophets[H5030] which prophesied[H5012] unto you, saying[H559], The king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] shall not come[H935] against you, nor against this land?[H776]
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Therefore hear[H8085] now, I pray thee, O my lord[H113] the king[H4428]: let my supplication[H8467], I pray thee, be accepted[H5307]before[H6440] thee; that thou cause me not to return[H7725] to the house[H1004] of Jonathan[H3083] the scribe[H5608], lest I die[H4191] there.
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Then Zedekiah[H6667] the king[H4428]commanded[H6680] that they should commit[H6485]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[H644]' street[H2351], until all the bread[H3899] in the city[H5892] were spent[H8552]. Thus Jeremiah[H3414]remained[H3427] in the court[H2691] of the prison[H4307].