<vn='1'>And <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2977">Josiah</s><sn="4427">reigned</s><sn="8478">instead</s> of <sn="3659">Coniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="3079">Jehoiakim</s>, <sn="834">whom</s><sn="5019">Nebuchadnezzar</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> made <sn="4427">king</s> in the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>But <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="1931">he</s>, nor his <sn="5650">servants</s>, nor the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>, did <sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="1697">words</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s> he <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="3027">by</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3081">Jehucal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8018">Shelemiah</s> and <sn="6846">Zephaniah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4641">Maaseiah</s> the <sn="3548">priest</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="6419">Pray</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s><sn="1157">for</s> us. </v>
<vn='4'>Now <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> came <sn="935">in</s> and went <sn="3318">out</s><sn="8432">among</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>: for they had <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">put</s> him into <sn="1004 3628">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s> was come <sn="3318">forth</s> out of <sn="4480 4714">Egypt</s>: and when the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> that <sn="6696 5921">besieged</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s><sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="8088">tidings</s> of them, they <sn="5927">departed</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="1961">came</s> the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='7'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="3541">Thus</s> shall ye <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s>, that <sn="7971">sent</s> you <sn="413">unto</s> me to <sn="1875">inquire</s> of me; <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s>, which is come <sn="3318">forth</s> to <sn="5833">help</s> you, shall <sn="7725">return</s> to <sn="4714">Egypt</s> into their own <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>And the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> shall come <sn="7725">again</s>, and <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="5921">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and <sn="3920">take</s> it, and <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; <sn="5377">Deceive</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="5315">yourselves</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> shall surely <sn="1980 1980">depart</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> us: <sn="3588">for</s> they shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1980">depart</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3588">For</s><sn="518">though</s> ye had <sn="5221">smitten</s> the <sn="3605">whole</s><sn="2428">army</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> that <sn="3898">fight</s><sn="854">against</s> you, and there <sn="7604">remained</s> but <sn="1856">wounded</s><sn="376">men</s> among them, yet should they <sn="6965">rise</s> every <sn="376">man</s> in his <sn="168">tent</s>, and <sn="8313">burn</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, that when the <sn="2428">army</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> was broken <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> for <sn="4480 6440">fear</s> of <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s>, </v>
<vn='12'>Then <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> went <sn="3318">forth</s> out of <sn="4480 3389">Jerusalem</s> to <sn="1980">go</s> into the <sn="776">land</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, to separate <sn="2505">himself</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>And when <sn="1931">he</s><sn="1961">was</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>, a <sn="1167">captain</s> of the <sn="6488">ward</s> was <sn="8033">there</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="3376">Irijah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8018">Shelemiah</s>, the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="2608">Hananiah</s>; and he <sn="8610">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="859">Thou</s> fallest <sn="5307">away</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, It is <sn="8267">false</s>; I <sn="5307">fall</s><sn="369">not</s> away <sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>. But he <sn="8085">hearkened</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="413">to</s> him: so <sn="3376">Irijah</s><sn="8610">took</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, and <sn="935">brought</s> him <sn="413">to</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>Wherefore the <sn="8269">princes</s> were <sn="7107">wroth</s><sn="5921">with</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, and <sn="5221">smote</s> him, and <sn="5414">put</s> him in <sn="1004 612">prison</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they had <sn="6213">made</s> that the <sn="1004 3608">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="3588">When</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> was <sn="935">entered</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="1004 953">dungeon</s>, and <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="2588">cabins</s>, and <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> had <sn="3427">remained</s><sn="8033">there</s><sn="7227">many</s><sn="3117">days</s>; </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s> him out: and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7592">asked</s> him <sn="5643">secretly</s> in his <sn="1004">house</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, Is <sn="3426">there</s> any <sn="1697">word</s><sn="4480 854">from</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? And <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="559">said</s>, There <sn="3426">is</s>: for, <sn="559">said</s> he, thou shalt be <sn="5414">delivered</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>. </v>
<vn='18'>Moreover <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4428">king</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> have I <sn="2398">offended</s> against thee, or against thy <sn="5650">servants</s>, or against <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3588">that</s> ye have <sn="5414">put</s> me <sn="413">in</s><sn="1004 3608">prison</s>? </v>
<vn='19'><sn="346">Where</s> are now your <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="834">which</s><sn="5012">prophesied</s> unto you, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">against</s> you, nor <sn="5921">against</s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="776">land</s>? </v>
<vn='20'>Therefore <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="6258">now</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, O my <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>: let my <sn="8467">supplication</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, be <sn="5307">accepted</s><sn="6440">before</s> thee; that thou cause me <sn="408">not</s> to <sn="7725">return</s> to the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3083">Jonathan</s> the <sn="5608">scribe</s>, <sn="3808">lest</s> I <sn="4191">die</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>Then <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s> that they should <sn="6485">commit</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> into the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>, and that they should <sn="5414">give</s> him <sn="3117">daily</s> a <sn="3603">piece</s> of <sn="3899">bread</s> out of the <sn="644">bakers</s> ' <sn="4480 2351">street</s>, <sn="5704">until</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="3899">bread</s><sn="4480">in</s> the <sn="5892">city</s> were <sn="8552">spent</s>. Thus <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="3427">remained</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>. </v>