And Zedekiah{H6667} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977} reigned{H4427} as king,{H4428} 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}

But neither he, nor his servants,{H5650} nor the people{H5971} of the land,{H776} did hearken{H8085} unto the words{H1697} of Jehovah,{H3068} which he spake{H1696} by{H3027} the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah.{H3414}

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 Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} for us.

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}

And Pharaoh's{H6547} army{H2428} was come forth{H3318} out{H3318} of Egypt;{H4714} and when the Chaldeans{H3778} that were besieging{H6696} Jerusalem{H3389} heard{H8085} tidings{H8088} of them, they brake up from Jerusalem.{H3389}

Then came the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} unto the prophet{H5030} Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{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 inquire{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}

And the Chaldeans{H3778} shall come again,{H7725} and fight{H3898} against this city;{H5892} and they shall take{H3920} it, and burn{H8313} it with fire.{H784}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} Deceive{H5377} not yourselves,{H5315} saying,{H559} The Chaldeans{H3778} shall surely{H1980} depart{H3212} from us; for they shall not depart.{H3212}

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 would they rise up{H6965} every man{H376} in his tent,{H168} and burn{H8313} this city{H5892} with fire.{H784}

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}

then Jeremiah{H3414} went forth{H3318} out{H3318} of Jerusalem{H3389} to go{H3212} into the land{H776} of Benjamin,{H1144} to receive his portion there, in the midst{H8432} of the people.{H5971}

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 laid hold{H8610} on Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet,{H5030} saying,{H559} Thou art falling away{H5307} to the Chaldeans.{H3778}

Then said{H559} Jeremiah,{H3414} It is false;{H8267} I am not falling away{H5307} to the Chaldeans.{H3778} But he hearkened{H8085} not to him; so Irijah{H3376} laid hold{H8610} on Jeremiah,{H3414} and brought{H8610} him to the princes.{H8269}

And 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}

When Jeremiah{H3414} was come into{H935} the dungeon-house,{H1004} and into the cells,{H2588} and Jeremiah{H3414} had remained{H3427} there many{H7227} days;{H3117}

Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} sent,{H7971} and fetched{H3947} him: and the king{H4428} asked{H7592} him secretly{H5643} in his house,{H1004} and said,{H559} Is there any word{H1697} from Jehovah?{H3068} And Jeremiah{H3414} said,{H559} There is.{H3426} He said{H559} also, Thou shalt be delivered{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon.{H894}

Moreover Jeremiah{H3414} said{H559} unto king{H4428} Zedekiah,{H6667} Wherein have I sinned{H2398} against thee, or against thy servants,{H5650} or against this people,{H5971} that ye have put{H5414} me in prison?{H1004}

Where now{H346} are your prophets{H5030} that prophesied{H5012} unto you, saying,{H559} The king{H4428} of Babylon{H894} shall not come{H935} against you, nor against this land?{H776}

And now hear,{H8085} I pray thee, O my lord{H113} the king:{H4428} let my supplication,{H8467} I pray thee, be presented{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.

Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} commanded,{H6680} and they committed{H6485} Jeremiah{H3414} into the court{H2691} of the guard;{H4307} and they gave{H5414} him daily{H3117} a loaf{H3603} of bread{H3899} out of the bakers'{H644} street,{H2351} until all the bread{H3899} in the city{H5892} was spent.{H8552} Thus Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427} in the court{H2691} of the guard.{H4307}