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Jeremiah 37 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:1 - And king H4428 Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 reigned H4427 instead of Coniah H3659 the son H1121 of Jehoiakim, H3079 whom Nebuchadrezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 made king H4427 in the land H776 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:2 - But neither he, nor his servants, H5650 nor the people H5971 of the land, H776 did hearken H8085 unto the words H1697 of the LORD, H3068 which he spake H1696 by H3027 the prophet H5030 Jeremiah. H3414
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:3 - And Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 sent H7971 Jehucal H3081 the son H1121 of Shelemiah H8018 and Zephaniah H6846 the son H1121 of Maaseiah H4641 the priest H3548 to the prophet H5030 Jeremiah, H3414 saying, H559 Pray H6419 now unto the LORD H3068 our God H430 for us.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:4 - Now Jeremiah H3414 came in H935 and went out H3318 among H8432 the people: H5971 for they had not put H5414 him into prison. H1004 H3628
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:5 - Then Pharaoh's H6547 army H2428 was come forth H3318 out of Egypt: H4714 and when the Chaldeans H3778 that besieged H6696 Jerusalem H3389 heard H8085 tidings H8088 of them, they departed H5927 from Jerusalem. H3389
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:6 - Then came the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 unto the prophet H5030 Jeremiah, H3414 saying, H559
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:7 - Thus saith H559 the LORD, H3068 the God H430 of Israel; H3478 Thus shall ye say H559 to the king H4428 of Judah, H3063 that sent H7971 you unto me to enquire H1875 of me; Behold, Pharaoh's H6547 army, H2428 which is come forth H3318 to help H5833 you, shall return H7725 to Egypt H4714 into their own land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:8 - And the Chaldeans H3778 shall come again, H7725 and fight H3898 against this city, H5892 and take H3920 it, and burn H8313 it with fire. H784
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:9 - Thus saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Deceive H5377 not yourselves, H5315 saying, H559 The Chaldeans H3778 shall surely H1980 depart H3212 from us: for they shall not depart. H3212
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:10 - For though ye had smitten H5221 the whole army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 that fight H3898 against you, and there remained H7604 but wounded H1856 men H582 among them, yet should they rise up H6965 every man H376 in his tent, H168 and burn H8313 this city H5892 with fire. H784

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:11 - And it came to pass, that when the army H2428 of the Chaldeans H3778 was broken up H5927 from Jerusalem H3389 for fear H6440 of Pharaoh's H6547 army, H2428
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:12 - Then Jeremiah H3414 went forth H3318 out of Jerusalem H3389 to go H3212 into the land H776 of Benjamin, H1144 to separate H2505 himself thence in the midst H8432 of the people. H5971
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:13 - And when he was in the gate H8179 of Benjamin, H1144 a captain H1167 of the ward H6488 was there, whose name H8034 was Irijah, H3376 the son H1121 of Shelemiah, H8018 the son H1121 of Hananiah; H2608 and he took H8610 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet, H5030 saying, H559 Thou fallest away H5307 to the Chaldeans. H3778
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:14 - Then said H559 Jeremiah, H3414 It is false; H8267 I fall not away H5307 to the Chaldeans. H3778 But he hearkened H8085 not to him: so Irijah H3376 took H8610 Jeremiah, H3414 and brought H935 him to the princes. H8269
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:15 - Wherefore the princes H8269 were wroth H7107 with Jeremiah, H3414 and smote H5221 him, and put H5414 him in prison H612 in the house H1004 of Jonathan H3083 the scribe: H5608 for they had made H6213 that the prison. H3608
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:16 - When Jeremiah H3414 was entered H935 into the dungeon, H1004 H953 and into the cabins, H2588 and Jeremiah H3414 had remained H3427 there many H7227 days; H3117
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:17 - Then Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 sent, H7971 and took him out: H3947 and the king H4428 asked H7592 him secretly H5643 in his house, H1004 and said, H559 Is there any word H1697 from the LORD? H3068 And Jeremiah H3414 said, H559 There is: H3426 for, said H559 he, thou shalt be delivered H5414 into the hand H3027 of the king H4428 of Babylon. H894
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:18 - Moreover Jeremiah H3414 said H559 unto king H4428 Zedekiah, H6667 What have I offended H2398 against thee, or against thy servants, H5650 or against this people, H5971 that ye have put H5414 me in prison? H1004 H3608
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:19 - Where are now H346 your prophets H5030 which prophesied H5012 unto you, saying, H559 The king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall not come H935 against you, nor against this land? H776
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:20 - Therefore hear H8085 now, I pray thee, O my lord H113 the king: H4428 let my supplication, H8467 I pray thee, be accepted H5307 before H6440 thee; that thou cause me not to return H7725 to the house H1004 of Jonathan H3083 the scribe, H5608 lest I die H4191 there.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 37:21 - Then Zedekiah H6667 the king H4428 commanded H6680 that they should commit H6485 Jeremiah H3414 into the court H2691 of the prison, H4307 and that they should give H5414 him daily H3117 a piece H3603 of bread H3899 out of the bakers' H644 street, H2351 until all the bread H3899 in the city H5892 were spent. H8552 Thus Jeremiah H3414 remained H3427 in the court H2691 of the prison. H4307
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