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