37:1 Zedekiah
the
son
of
Josiah,
whom
Nebuchadnezzar
king
of
Babylon
made
king
in
the
land
of
Judah,
reigned
instead
of
Coniah
the
son
of
Jehoiakim.
37:2 But
neither
he
nor
his
servants
nor
the
people
of
the
land
listened
to
the
words
of
the
LORD
that
he
spoke
through
Jeremiah
the
prophet.
37:3 King
Zedekiah
sent
Jehucal
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
and
Zephaniah
the
priest,
the
son
of
Maaseiah,
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
saying,
"Please
pray
for
us
to
the
LORD
our
God."
37:4 Now
Jeremiah
was
still
going
in
and
out
among
the
people,
for
he
had
not
yet
been
put
in
prison.
37:5 The
army
of
Pharaoh
had
come
out
of
Egypt.
And
when
the
Chaldeans
who
were
besieging
Jerusalem
heard
news
about
them,
they
withdrew
from
Jerusalem.
37:6 Then
the
word
of
the
LORD
came
to
Jeremiah
the
prophet:
37:7 "Thus
says
the
LORD,
God
of
Israel:
Thus
shall
you
say
to
the
king
of
Judah
who
sent
you
to
me
to
inquire
of
me,
'Behold,
Pharaoh's
army
that
came
to
help
you
is
about
to
return
to
Egypt,
to
its
own
land.
37:8 And
the
Chaldeans
shall
come
back
and
fight
against
this
city.
They
shall
capture
it
and
burn
it
with
fire.
37:9 Thus
says
the
LORD,
Do
not
deceive
yourselves,
saying,
"The
Chaldeans
will
surely
go
away
from
us,"
for
they
will
not
go
away.
37:10 For
even
if
you
should
defeat
the
whole
army
of
Chaldeans
who
are
fighting
against
you,
and
there
remained
of
them
only
wounded
men,
every
man
in
his
tent,
they
would
rise
up
and
burn
this
city
with
fire.'"
37:11 Now
when
the
Chaldean
army
had
withdrawn
from
Jerusalem
at
the
approach
of
Pharaoh's
army,
37:12 Jeremiah
set
out
from
Jerusalem
to
go
to
the
land
of
Benjamin
to
receive
his
portion
there
among
the
people.
37:13 When
he
was
at
the
Benjamin
Gate,
a
sentry
there
named
Irijah
the
son
of
Shelemiah,
son
of
Hananiah,
seized
Jeremiah
the
prophet,
saying,
"You
are
deserting
to
the
Chaldeans."
37:14 And
Jeremiah
said,
"It
is
a
lie;
I
am
not
deserting
to
the
Chaldeans."
But
Irijah
would
not
listen
to
him,
and
seized
Jeremiah
and
brought
him
to
the
officials.
37:15 And
the
officials
were
enraged
at
Jeremiah,
and
they
beat
him
and
imprisoned
him
in
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
secretary,
for
it
had
been
made
a
prison.
37:16 When
Jeremiah
had
come
to
the
dungeon
cells
and
remained
there
many
days,
37:17 King
Zedekiah
sent
for
him
and
received
him.
The
king
questioned
him
secretly
in
his
house
and
said,
"Is
there
any
word
from
the
LORD"
Jeremiah
said,
"There
is."
Then
he
said,
"You
shall
be
delivered
into
the
hand
of
the
king
of
Babylon."
37:18 Jeremiah
also
said
to
King
Zedekiah,
"What
wrong
have
I
done
to
you
or
your
servants
or
this
people,
that
you
have
put
me
in
prison
37:19 Where
are
your
prophets
who
prophesied
to
you,
saying,
'The
king
of
Babylon
will
not
come
against
you
and
against
this
land'
37:20 Now
hear,
please,
O
my
lord
the
king:
let
my
humble
plea
come
before
you
and
do
not
send
me
back
to
the
house
of
Jonathan
the
secretary,
lest
I
die
there."
37:21 So
King
Zedekiah
gave
orders,
and
they
committed
Jeremiah
to
the
court
of
the
guard.
And
a
loaf
of
bread
was
given
him
daily
from
the
bakers'
street,
until
all
the
bread
of
the
city
was
gone.
So
Jeremiah
remained
in
the
court
of
the
guard.