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[1]And Sedekias the son of Josias reigned instead of Joakim, whom Nabuchodonosor appointed to reign over Juda.
[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.
[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.
[4]Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they had not put him into the house of the prison.
[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.
[6]And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
[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:
[8]and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
[9]For thus saith the Lord; Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly depart from us: for they shall not depart.
[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.
[11]And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of the host of Pharao,
[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.
[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.
[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.
[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.
[16]So Jeremias came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.
[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.
[18]And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged thee, or thy servants, or this people, that thou puttest me in prison?
[19]And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against this land?
[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.
[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.
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