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Jeremiah
Warns against Trust in Pharaoh |
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| Jeremiah 37:1 |
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Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar
king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of
Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. |
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| Jeremiah 37:2 |
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But neither he nor his servants nor the people
of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah
the prophet. |
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| Jeremiah 37:3 |
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Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah,
and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
"Please pray to the LORD our God on our behalf." |
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| Jeremiah 37:4 |
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Now Jeremiah was still coming in and going out
among the people, for they had not yet put him in the prison. |
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| Jeremiah 37:5 |
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Meanwhile, Pharaoh's army had set out from Egypt;
and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about
them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem. |
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| Jeremiah 37:6 |
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the
prophet, saying, |
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| Jeremiah 37:7 |
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"Thus says the LORD God of Israel, 'Thus you
are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: "Behold,
Pharaoh's army which has come out for your assistance is going to return to its
own land of Egypt. |
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| Jeremiah 37:8 |
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"The Chaldeans will also return and fight against
this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire."' |
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| Jeremiah 37:9 |
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"Thus says the LORD, 'Do not deceive yourselves,
saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go. |
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| Jeremiah 37:10 |
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'For even if you had defeated the entire army
of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left
among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'" |
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Jeremiah Imprisoned |
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| Jeremiah 37:11 |
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Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans
had lifted the siege from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, |
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| Jeremiah 37:12 |
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that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go
to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among
the people. |
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| Jeremiah 37:13 |
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While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain
of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was
there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are going over to the
Chaldeans!" |
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| Jeremiah 37:14 |
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But Jeremiah said, "A lie! I am not going over
to the Chaldeans"; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah
and brought him to the officials. |
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| Jeremiah 37:15 |
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Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and
beat him, and they put him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which
they had made into the prison. |
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| Jeremiah 37:16 |
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For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that
is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days. |
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| Jeremiah 37:17 |
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Now King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and
in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, "Is there a word from the
LORD?" And Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be given into the
hand of the king of Babylon!" |
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| Jeremiah 37:18 |
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Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In
what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this
people, that you have put me in prison? |
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| Jeremiah 37:19 |
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"Where then are your prophets who prophesied
to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this
land'? |
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| Jeremiah 37:20 |
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"But now, please listen, O my lord the king;
please let my petition come before you and do not make me return to the house
of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there." |
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| Jeremiah 37:21 |
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Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they
committed Jeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of bread
daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah
remained in the court of the guardhouse. |
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