Jeremiah 37 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh

(2Ki 24:17; 2Ch 36:10 )

Now Zedekiah^H6667 the son^H1121 of Josiah^H2977 whom^H834 Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 had made^H4427 king^H4427 in the land^H776 of Judah^H3063, reigned^H4427 as king^H4428 in^H8478 place^H8478 of^H8478 Coniah^H3078 the son^H1121 of Jehoiakim^H3079.

Jer 37:2

Jer 37:2But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

Jer 37:3

Yet King^H4428 Zedekiah^H6667 sent^H7971 Jehucal^H3081 the son^H1121 of Shelemiah^H8018, and the priest^H3548 Zephaniah^H6846 the son^H1121 of Maaseiah^H4641, to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030, saying^H559, “Please^H4994 pray^H6419 to the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 in our behalf^H1157.”

Jer 37:4

Jer 37:4Now Jeremiah was still coming and going among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

Jer 37:5

Jer 37:5Meanwhile, Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

Jer 37:6

Then the word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 came^H1961 to Jeremiah^H3414 the prophet^H5030, saying^H559,

Jer 37:7

Jer 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘This is what you are to 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, is going to return to its own land of Egypt.

Jer 37:8

Jer 37:8“Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’

Jer 37:9

Jer 37:9“This is what the LORD says: ‘Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will certainly go away from us,” for they will not go.

Jer 37:10

Jer 37:10‘For even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.’”

Jeremiah Imprisoned

Jer 37:11

Now it happened^H1961 when the army^H2428 of the Chaldeans^H3778 had withdrawn^H5927 from Jerusalem^H3389 because^H4480^H6440 of Pharaoh’s^H6547 army^H2428,

Jer 37:12

Jer 37:12that Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to take [fn]possession of some property there among the people.

Jer 37:13

Jer 37:13While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

Jer 37:14

Jer 37:14But Jeremiah said, “A lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Jer 37:15

Jer 37:15Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it into the prison.

Jer 37:16

Jer 37:16For Jeremiah had come into the [fn]dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

Jer 37:17

Now King^H4428 Zedekiah^H6667 sent^H7971 men and took^H3947 him out; and in his palace^H1004 the king^H4428 secretly^H5643 asked^H7592 him and said^H559, “Is^H3426 there^H3426 a word^H1697 from the LORD^H3068?” And Jeremiah^H3414 said^H559, “There^H3426 is^H3426!” Then he said^H559, “You will be handed^H5414^H3027 over^H5414 to the king^H4428 of Babylon^H894!”

Jer 37:18

Jer 37:18Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “In what way have I sinned against you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison?

Jer 37:19

Jer 37:19“And where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’?

Jer 37:20

Jer 37:20“But now, please listen, my lord the king; please let my plea [fn]come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there.”

Jer 37:21

Jer 37:21Then King Zedekiah gave a command, and they placed Jeremiah in custody in the courtyard of the guardhouse, and gave him a loaf of bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

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NASB20 Footnotes

(37:12)

Or part in a dividing

(37:16)

Lit house of the cistern-pit

(37:20)

Lit fall

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