Context Jeremiah Imprisoned11Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had lifted the siege from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, 12that Jeremiah went out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take possession of some property there among the people. 13While 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!” 14But 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. 15Then 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. 16For Jeremiah had come into the dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days. 17Now 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!” 18Moreover 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? 19“Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? 20“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.” 21Then 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. Parallel Verses American Standard VersionAnd it came to pass that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, Douay-Rheims Bible Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army, Darby Bible Translation And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army, English Revised Version And it came to pass that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, World English Bible It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, Young's Literal Translation And it hath come to pass, in the going up of the force of the Chaldeans from off Jerusalem, because of the force of Pharaoh, Library Zedekiah'Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king ... whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king'--JER. xxxvii. 1. Zedekiah was a small man on a great stage, a weakling set to face circumstances that would have taxed the strongest. He was a youth at his accession to the throne of a distracted kingdom, and if he had had any political insight he would have seen that his only chance was to adhere firmly to Babylon, and to repress the foolish aristocracy who hankered after alliance with the rival power … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture The World's Wages to a Prophet Carried Captive into Babylon Jeremiah Links Jeremiah 37:11 NIV • Jeremiah 37:11 NLT • Jeremiah 37:11 ESV • Jeremiah 37:11 NASB • Jeremiah 37:11 KJV • Jeremiah 37:11 Bible Apps • Jeremiah 37:11 Parallel • Bible Hub |
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