24_JER_37_01 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim , whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah .
24_JER_37_02 but neither he , nor his servants , nor the people of the land , did hearken unto the words of the LORD , which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah .
24_JER_37_03 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah And Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah , saying , pray now unto the LORD our God for us .
24_JER_37_04 now Jeremiah came in And went out among the people : for they had not put him into prison .
24_JER_37_05 Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt : And when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them , they departed from Jerusalem .
24_JER_37_06 Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah , saying ,
24_JER_37_07 thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel ; thus shall ye say to the king of Judah , that sent you unto me to Inquire of me ; behold , Pharaoh's army , which Is come forth to help you , shall Return to Egypt into their own land .
24_JER_37_08 And the Chaldeans shall come again , And fight against this city , And take it , And burn it with fire .
24_JER_37_09 thus saith the LORD ; deceive not yourselves , saying , the Chaldeans shall surely Depart from us : for they shall not Depart .
24_JER_37_10 for though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you , And there remained [ but ] wounded men among them , [ yet ] should they rise up every man in his tent , And burn this city with fire .
24_JER_37_11 And it came to pass , that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for Fear of Pharaoh's army ,
24_JER_37_12 Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin , to separate himself thence in the midst of the people .
24_JER_37_13 And when he was in the gate of Benjamin , A captain of the ward [ was ] there , whose name [ was ] Irijah , the son of Shelemiah , the son of Hananiah ; And he took Jeremiah the prophet , saying , thou fallest away to the Chaldeans .
24_JER_37_14 Then said Jeremiah , [ it Is ] false ; I fall not away to the Chaldeans . but he hearkened not to him : So Irijah took Jeremiah , And brought him to the princes .
24_JER_37_15 Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah , And smote him , And put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe : for they had made that the prison .
24_JER_37_16 when Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon , And into the cabins , And Jeremiah had remained there Many days ;
24_JER_37_17 Then Zedekiah the king sent , And took him out : And the king asked him secretly in his house , And said , Is there [ any ] word from the LORD ? And Jeremiah said , there Is : for , said he , thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon .
24_JER_37_18 moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah , what have I offended against thee , or against thy servants , or against this people , that ye have put me in prison ?
24_JER_37_19 where [ are ] now your prophets which prophesied unto you , saying , the king of Babylon shall not come against you , nor against this land ?
24_JER_37_20 therefore hear now , I pray thee , O my LORD the king : let my supplication , I pray thee , be accepted before thee ; that thou cause me not to Return to the house of Jonathan the scribe , lest I die there .
24_JER_37_21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison , And that they should give him daily A piece of bread out of the bakers' street , until all the bread in the city were spent . thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison .