Jeremiah 37

1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:12 · 2Ki 24:17 · 1Chr 3:15 · 2Chr 36:9 · Jer 22:24 · Jer 22:28 · +3 more

2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.Cross-references: Ex 4:13 · Lev 8:36 · 2Sam 10:2 · 2Sam 12:25 · 1Ki 14:18 · 1Ki 16:7 · +7 more

3Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”Cross-references: Ex 8:8 · Ex 8:28 · Ex 9:28 · Ex 10:17 · Num 21:7 · 1Sam 12:19 · +10 more

4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.Cross-references: Jer 32:2 · Jer 37:15

5Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:7 · Jer 34:21 · Jer 37:7 · Jer 37:11 · Ezek 17:15

6Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land.Cross-references: 2Ki 22:18 · Prov 21:30 · Isa 30:1 · Isa 31:1 · Jer 2:36 · Jer 17:5 · +6 more

8The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’Cross-references: Jer 32:29 · Jer 34:21 · Jer 38:23 · Jer 39:2

9“Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart.Cross-references: Jer 29:8 · Obad 1:3 · Matt 24:4 · Gal 6:3 · Gal 6:7 · Eph 5:6 · +2 more

10For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”Cross-references: Lev 26:36 · Isa 10:4 · Isa 13:15 · Isa 14:19 · Isa 30:17 · Jer 21:4 · +5 more

11When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,Cross-references: Jer 37:5

12then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.Cross-references: Josh 21:17 · 1Ki 19:3 · 1Ki 19:9 · 1Chr 6:60 · Neh 6:11 · Jer 1:1 · +3 more

13When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”Cross-references: Jer 18:18 · Jer 20:10 · Jer 21:9 · Jer 27:6 · Jer 27:12 · Jer 28:14 · +12 more

14Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.Cross-references: Neh 6:8 · Ps 27:12 · Ps 35:11 · Ps 52:1 · Jer 40:4 · Matt 5:11 · +4 more

15The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.Cross-references: Gen 39:20 · 2Chr 16:10 · 2Chr 18:26 · Jer 20:1 · Jer 26:16 · Jer 37:20 · +17 more

16When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,Cross-references: Gen 40:15 · Jer 38:6 · Jer 38:10 · Lam 3:53 · Lam 3:55

17then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”Cross-references: 1Ki 14:1 · 1Ki 22:16 · 2Ki 3:11 · Jer 15:11 · Jer 21:1 · Jer 21:7 · +13 more

18Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?Cross-references: Gen 31:36 · 1Sam 24:9 · 1Sam 26:18 · Prov 17:13 · Prov 17:26 · Jer 26:19 · +9 more

19Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?Cross-references: Deut 32:36 · 2Ki 3:13 · Jer 2:28 · Jer 6:14 · Jer 8:11 · Jer 14:13 · +7 more

20Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”Cross-references: Jer 26:15 · Jer 36:7 · Jer 38:6 · Jer 38:26 · Acts 23:16 · Acts 25:10 · +1 more

21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.Cross-references: Deut 28:52 · 1Ki 17:4 · 2Ki 25:3 · Job 5:20 · Ps 33:18 · Ps 34:9 · +26 more