37:1 And Sedekias the son of Josias reigned
instead of Joakim, whom Nabuchodonosor appointed to reign over Juda.
37:2 And he and his servants and the people of the land hearkened not to the
words of the Lord, which he spoke by Jeremias.
37:3 And king Sedekias sent Joachal son of Selemias and Sophonias the priest
son of Maasaeas to Jeremias, saying, Pray now for us to the Lord.
37:4 Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they
[had] not put him into the house of the prison.
37:5 And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans
heard the report of them, and they went up from Jerusalem.
37:6 And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
37:7 Thus said the Lord; Thus shalt thou say to the king of Juda who sent to
thee, to seek me; Behold, the army of Pharao which is come forth to help
you: they shall return to the land of Egypt:
37:8 and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this
city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
37:9 For thus saith he Lord; Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The
Chaldeans will certainly depart from us: for they shall not depart.
37:10 And though ye should smite the whole host of the Chaldeans that fight
against you, and there should be left a few wounded [men], these should rise
up each in his place, and burn this city with fire.
37:11 And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from
Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharao,
37:12 that Jeremias went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of
Benjamin, to buy thence [a property] in the midst of the people.
37:13 And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and [there was] there a man with
whom he lodged, Saruia the son of Selemias, the son of Ananias; and he
caught Jeremias, saying, Thou art fleeing to the Chaldeans.
37:14 And he said, [It is] false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he
hearkened not to him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the
princes.
37:15 And the princes were very angry with Jeremias, and smote him, and sent
him into the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made this a prison.
37:16 So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained
there many days.
37:17 Then Sedekias sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly,
saying, Is there a word from the Lord? and he said, There is: thou shalt be
delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon.
37:18 And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged thee, or thy
servants, or this people, that thou puttest me in prison?
37:19 And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of
Babylon shall not come against this land?
37:20 Now therefore, my lord the king, let my supplication come before thy
face: and why dost thou send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe?
and let me not on any account die there.
37:21 Then the king commanded, and they cast him into the prison, and gave
him a loaf a day out of the place where they bake, until the bread failed
out of the city. So Jeremias continued in the court of the prison. |
37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah
reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
37:2 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 Jeremiah.
37:3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah
the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now
unto the LORD our God for us.
37:4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not
put him into prison.
37:5 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
37:6 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah saying,
37:7 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king
of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army,
which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
37:8 And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and
take it, and burn it with fire.
37:9 Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans
shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
37:10 For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans 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.
37:11 And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up
from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,
37:12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of
Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
37:13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was
there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and
he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
37:14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But
he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the
princes.
37:15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put
him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that
the prison.
37:16 When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and
Jeremiah had remained there many days;
37:17 Then Zedekiah 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
Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand
of the king of Babylon.
37:18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended
against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have
put me in prison?
37:19 Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The
king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
37:20 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 Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
37:21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah 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 Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. |