Jer 44
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And Sedekias the son of Josias reigned instead of Alex. Jechonias son of Joakim Joakim, whom Nabuchodonosor appointed to reign
over Juda.
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And he and his servants and the people of the land hearkened not to the words of the
Lord, which he spoke by Jeremias.
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And king Sedekias sent Joachal son of Selemias and Sophonias the priest son of Maasaeas
to Jeremias, saying, Pray now for us to the Lord.
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Now Jeremias i. e. as he pleased came and went through the midst of the city: for they had not put him into the house
of the prison.
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And the host of Pharao was come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldeans heard the report
of them, and they went up The Alex reading apo has been adopted here from Jerusalem.
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, saying,
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Thus said the Lord; Thus shall you say to the king of Juda who sent to you, to seek
me; Behold, the army of Pharao which is come forth to help you: they shall return
to the land of Egypt:
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and the Chaldeans themselves shall turn again, and fight against this city, and take
it, and burn it with fire.
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For thus says the Lord; Suppose not in your hearts, saying, The Chaldeans will certainly
depart from us: for they shall not depart.
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And though you should smite the whole host 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.
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And it came to pass, when the host of the Chaldeans had gone up from Jerusalem for
fear of the host of Pharao,
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that Jeremias went forth from Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, See Hebrew to buy thence a property in the midst
of the people.
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And he was in the gate of Benjamin, and there was there a man with whom he lodged,
Saruia the son of Selemias, the son of Ananias; and he caught Jeremias, saying, You
are fleeing to the Chaldeans.
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And he said, It is false; I do not flee to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to
him; and Saruia caught Jeremias, and brought him to the princes.
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And the princes were very angry with Jeremias, and smote him, and sent him into the
house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made this a prison.
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So Jeremias came into the Gr. the house of the pit dungeon, and into the cells, and he remained there many days.
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Then Sedekias 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.
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And Jeremias said to the king, Wherein have I wronged you, or your servants, or this
people, that you put me in prison?
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And where are your prophets who prophesied to you saying, The king of Babylon shall
not come against this land?
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Now therefore, my lord the king, let my Gr. mercy; See Jer 48:7 supplication come before your face: and why do you send me
back to the house of Jonathan
the scribe? and let me not on any account die there.
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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 Jeremias
continued in the court of the prison.