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5 And Pharaoh's army came forth out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke away from Jerusalem.
6 Then the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, Thus you* will say to the king of Judah, who sent you* to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to help you*, will return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans will come again and fight against this city and they will take it and burn it with fire.
9 Jehovah says thus: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely depart from us. For they will not depart. 10 For though you* had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you* and there remained but wounded men among them, yes they would rise up every man in his tent and burn this city with fire.
11 And it happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken away from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 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.
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then Jeremiah said, It is false. I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him. So Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah and brought him to the rulers. 15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah and killed* him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah came into the house in the pit and into the cells and Jeremiah had remained there many days, 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 also said, You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18 Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, How have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you* have put me in prison? 19 Where now are your* prophets who prophesied to you*, saying, The king of Babylon will not come against you*, nor against this land?
20 And I beseech you, now hear, O my lord the king. I beseech you, let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
6 Then the word of Jehovah came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, Thus you* will say to the king of Judah, who sent you* to me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to help you*, will return to Egypt into their own land. 8 And the Chaldeans will come again and fight against this city and they will take it and burn it with fire.
9 Jehovah says thus: Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans will surely depart from us. For they will not depart. 10 For though you* had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you* and there remained but wounded men among them, yes they would rise up every man in his tent and burn this city with fire.
11 And it happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken away from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, 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.
13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah. And he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are falling away to the Chaldeans.
14 Then Jeremiah said, It is false. I am not falling away to the Chaldeans. But he did not listen to him. So Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah and brought him to the rulers. 15 And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah and killed* him and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.
16 When Jeremiah came into the house in the pit and into the cells and Jeremiah had remained there many days, 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 also said, You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
18 Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, How have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you* have put me in prison? 19 Where now are your* prophets who prophesied to you*, saying, The king of Babylon will not come against you*, nor against this land?
20 And I beseech you, now hear, O my lord the king. I beseech you, let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. And they gave him a loaf of bread daily out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.