Jeremiah 37

CAB(i) 1 And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed to reign over Judah. 2 And he and his servants and the people of the land hearkened not to the words of the Lord, which He spoke by Jeremiah. 3 And King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah, saying, Pray now for us to the Lord. 4 Now Jeremiah came and went through the midst of the city, for they had not put him into the house of the prison. 5 And Pharaoh's army had 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 Jeremiah, saying, 7 Thus said the Lord; Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent to you, to seek Me; Behold, the army of Pharaoh which has come forth to help you 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 says the Lord: Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly depart from us: for they shall not depart. 10 And though you should smite the whole army 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 army of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 12 that Jeremiah went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to buy some property from there among the people. 13 And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and there was a man there with whom he lodged, Irajah the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he caught Jeremiah, saying, You are fleeing to the Chaldeans. 14 And he said, that's a lie! I do not flee to the Chaldeans! But he would not listen to him. So Irajah caught Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 And the princes were very angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and sent him into the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had turned his house into a prison. 16 So Jeremiah came into the dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days. 17 Then Zedekiah sent, and called him; and the king asked him secretly, saying, Is there a word from the Lord? And he said, There is. You shall be delivered into the hands of the king of Babylon. 18 And Jeremiah said to the king, How have I wronged you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put 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 your face; and why do you send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe? And by no means let me 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 Jeremiah continued in the court of the prison.