37:1 And
Zedekiah
the
son
of
Josiah
reigned
as
king,
instead
of
Coniah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim,
whom
Nebuchadrezzar
king
of
Babylon
made
king
in
the
land
of
Judah.
37:2 But
neither
he,
nor
his
servants,
nor
the
people
of
the
land,
did
hearken
unto
the
words
of
Jehovah,
which
he
spake
by
the
prophet
Jeremiah.
37:3 And
Zedekiah
the
king
sent
Jehucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Zephaniah
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
the
priest,
to
the
prophet
Jeremiah,
saying,
Pray
now
unto
Jehovah
our
God
for
us.
37:4 Now
Jeremiah
came
in
and
went
out
among
the
people;
for
they
had
not
put
him
into
prison.
37:5 And
Pharaoh's
army
was
come
forth
out
of
Egypt;
and
when
the
Chaldeans
that
were
besieging
Jerusalem
heard
tidings
of
them,
they
brake
up
from
Jerusalem.
37:6 Then
came
the
word
of
Jehovah
unto
the
prophet
Jeremiah,
saying,
37:7 Thus
saith
Jehovah,
the
God
of
Israel,
Thus
shall
ye
say
to
the
king
of
Judah,
that
sent
you
unto
me
to
inquire
of
me:
Behold,
Pharaoh's
army,
which
is
come
forth
to
help
you,
shall
return
to
Egypt
into
their
own
land.
37:8 And
the
Chaldeans
shall
come
again,
and
fight
against
this
city;
and
they
shall
take
it,
and
burn
it
with
fire.
37:9 Thus
saith
Jehovah,
Deceive
not
yourselves,
saying,
The
Chaldeans
shall
surely
depart
from
us;
for
they
shall
not
depart.
37:10 For
though
ye
had
smitten
the
whole
army
of
the
Chaldeans
that
fight
against
you,
and
there
remained
but
wounded
men
among
them,
yea
would
they
rise
up
every
man
in
his
tent,
and
burn
this
city
with
fire.
37:11 And
it
came
to
pass
that,
when
the
army
of
the
Chaldeans
was
broken
up
from
Jerusalem
for
fear
of
Pharaoh's
army,
37:12 then
Jeremiah
went
forth
out
of
Jerusalem
to
go
into
the
land
of
Benjamin,
to
receive
his
portion
there,
in
the
midst
of
the
people.
37:13 And
when
he
was
in
the
gate
of
Benjamin,
a
captain
of
the
ward
was
there,
whose
name
was
Irijah,
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
the
son
of
Hananiah;
and
he
laid
hold
on
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
saying,
Thou
art
falling
away
to
the
Chaldeans.
37:14 Then
said
Jeremiah,
It
is
false;
I
am
not
falling
away
to
the
Chaldeans.
But
he
hearkened
not
to
him;
so
Irijah
laid
hold
on
Jeremiah,
and
brought
him
to
the
princes.
37:15 And
the
princes
were
wroth
with
Jeremiah,
and
smote
him,
and
put
him
in
prison
in
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
scribe;
for
they
had
made
that
the
prison.
37:16 When
Jeremiah
was
come
into
the
dungeon-house,
and
into
the
cells,
and
Jeremiah
had
remained
there
many
days;
37:17 Then
Zedekiah
the
king
sent,
and
fetched
him:
and
the
king
asked
him
secretly
in
his
house,
and
said,
Is
there
any
word
from
Jehovah
And
Jeremiah
said,
There
is.
He
said
also,
Thou
shalt
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon.
37:18 Moreover
Jeremiah
said
unto
king
Zedekiah,
Wherein
have
I
sinned
against
thee,
or
against
thy
servants,
or
against
this
people,
that
ye
have
put
me
in
prison
37:19 Where
now
are
your
prophets
that
prophesied
unto
you,
saying,
The
king
of
Babylon
shall
not
come
against
you,
nor
against
this
land
37:20 And
now
hear,
I
pray
thee,
O
my
lord
the
king:
let
my
supplication,
I
pray
thee,
be
presented
before
thee,
that
thou
cause
me
not
to
return
to
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
scribe,
lest
I
die
there.
37:21 Then
Zedekiah
the
king
commanded,
and
they
committed
Jeremiah
into
the
court
of
the
guard;
and
they
gave
him
daily
a
loaf
of
bread
out
of
the
bakers'
street,
until
all
the
bread
in
the
city
was
spent.
Thus
Jeremiah
remained
in
the
court
of
the
guard.
