<vn='1'>Then <sn="8203">Shephatiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4977">Mattan</s>, and <sn="1436">Gedaliah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="6583">Pashur</s>, and <sn="3116">Jucal</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="8018">Shelemiah</s>, and <sn="6583">Pashur</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4441">Malchiah</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> had <sn="1696">spoken</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, He that <sn="3427">remaineth</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="4191">die</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>, by the <sn="7458">famine</s>, and by the <sn="1698">pestilence</s>: but he that goeth <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s> shall <sn="2421">live</s>; for he shall <sn="1961">have</s> his <sn="5315">life</s> for a <sn="7998">prey</s>, and shall <sn="2425">live</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="2063">This</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall surely be <sn="5414 5414">given</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="2428">army</s>, which shall <sn="3920">take</s> it. </v>
<vn='4'>Therefore the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, We beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, let <sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s> be put to <sn="4191">death</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="5921 3651">thus</s><sn="1931">he</s><sn="7503">weakeneth</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3027">hands</s> of the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="4421">war</s> that <sn="7604">remain</s> in <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s>, and the <sn="3027">hands</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s>, in <sn="1696">speaking</s><sn="428">such</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="413">unto</s> them: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="1875">seeketh</s><sn="369">not</s> the <sn="7965">welfare</s> of <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s> the <sn="7451">hurt</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Then <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, <sn="1931">he</s> is in your <sn="3027">hand</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> is <sn="369">not</s> he that can <sn="3201">do</s> any <sn="1697">thing</s> against you. </v>
<vn='6'>Then <sn="3947">took</s> they <sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, and <sn="7993">cast</s> him <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s> of <sn="4441">Malchiah</s> the <sn="1121">son</s> of <sn="4429">Hammelech</s>, <sn="834">that</s> was in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>: and they let <sn="7971">down</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> with <sn="2256">cords</s>. And in the <sn="953">dungeon</s> there was <sn="369">no</s><sn="4325">water</s>, <sn="3588 518">but</s><sn="2916">mire</s>: so <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="2883">sunk</s> in the <sn="2916">mire</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Now when <sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech the <sn="3569">Ethiopian</s>, <sn="376">one</s> of the <sn="5631">eunuchs</s><sn="1931">which</s> was in the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, <sn="8085">heard</s><sn="3588">that</s> they had <sn="5414">put</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="413">in</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s>; the <sn="4428">king</s> then <sn="3427">sitting</s> in the <sn="8179">gate</s> of <sn="1144">Benjamin</s>; </v>
<vn='8'><sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech went <sn="3318">forth</s> out of the <sn="4428">king</s> 's <sn="4480 1004">house</s>, and <sn="1696">spoke</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='9'>My <sn="113">lord</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="428">these</s><sn="376">men</s> have done <sn="7489">evil</s> in <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> they have <sn="6213">done</s> to <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">whom</s> they have <sn="7993">cast</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s>; and he is like to <sn="4191">die</s><sn="4480 6440">for</s><sn="7458">hunger</s> in the place <sn="8478">where</s> he is: <sn="3588">for</s> there is <sn="369">no</s><sn="5750">more</s><sn="3899">bread</s> in the <sn="5892">city</s>. </v>
<vn='10'>Then the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="6680">commanded</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech the <sn="3569">Ethiopian</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="3947">Take</s> from <sn="4480 2088">hence</s><sn="7970">thirty</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="3027">with</s> thee, and take <sn="5927">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s>, <sn="2962">before</s> he <sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>So <sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="376">men</s><sn="3027">with</s> him, and went <sn="935">into</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="413 8478">under</s> the <sn="214">treasury</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="4480 8033">thence</s><sn="1094">old</s> cast <sn="5499">clouts</s> and <sn="1094">old</s> rotten <sn="4418">rags</s>, and let them <sn="7971">down</s> by <sn="2256">cords</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="5663">Ebed</s> -melech the <sn="3569">Ethiopian</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="7760">Put</s><sn="4994">now</s> these <sn="1094">old</s> cast <sn="5499">clouts</s> and rotten <sn="4418">rags</s><sn="8478">under</s> thine <sn="679 3027">armholes</s><sn="4480 8478">under</s> the <sn="2256">cords</s>. And <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>. </v>
<vn='13'>So they drew <sn="4900">up</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> with <sn="2256">cords</s>, and took him <sn="5927 *853">up</s> out <sn="4480">of</s> the <sn="953">dungeon</s>: and <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="3427">remained</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>Then <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7971">sent</s>, and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s> the <sn="5030">prophet</s><sn="413">unto</s> him <sn="413">into</s> the <sn="7992">third</s><sn="3996">entry</s><sn="834">that</s> is in the <sn="1004">house</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="589">I</s> will <sn="7592">ask</s> thee a <sn="1697">thing</s>; <sn="3582">hide</s><sn="408 1697">nothing</s><sn="4480">from</s> me. </v>
<vn='15'>Then <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>, <sn="3588">If</s> I <sn="5046">declare</s> it unto thee, wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s> surely put me to <sn="4191 4191">death</s>? and <sn="3588">if</s> I give thee <sn="3289">counsel</s>, wilt thou <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">hearken</s><sn="413">unto</s> me? </v>
<vn='16'>So <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="7650">swore</s><sn="5643">secretly</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, As the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>, <sn="*853"></s><sn="834">that</s><sn="6213">made</s> us <sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="5315">soul</s>, I will <sn="518">not</s> put thee to <sn="4191">death</s>, <sn="518">neither</s> will I <sn="5414">give</s> thee into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="376">men</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1245">seek</s><sn="*853"></s> thy <sn="5315">life</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s>, <sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>; <sn="518">If</s> thou wilt assuredly go <sn="3318 3318">forth</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="8269">princes</s>, then thy <sn="5315">soul</s> shall <sn="2421">live</s>, and <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> be <sn="8313">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>; and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="2421">live</s>, and thine <sn="1004">house</s>: </v>
<vn='18'>But <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt <sn="3808">not</s> go <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="8269">princes</s>, then shall <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> be <sn="5414">given</s> into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, and they shall <sn="8313">burn</s> it with <sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4422">escape</s> out of their <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='19'>And <sn="6667">Zedekiah</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am afraid <sn="1672">of</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3064">Jews</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="5307">fallen</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>, <sn="6435">lest</s> they <sn="5414">deliver</s> me into their <sn="3027">hand</s>, and they <sn="5953">mock</s> me. </v>
<vn='20'>But <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="559">said</s>, They shall <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5414">deliver</s> thee. <sn="8085">Obey</s>, I beseech <sn="4994">thee</s>, the <sn="6963">voice</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="834">which</s><sn="589">I</s><sn="1696">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: so it shall be <sn="3190">well</s> unto thee, and thy <sn="5315">soul</s> shall <sn="2421">live</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But <sn="518">if</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="3986">refuse</s> to go <sn="3318">forth</s>, <sn="2088">this</s> is the <sn="1697">word</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> hath <sn="7200">showed</s> me: </v>
<vn='22'>And, <sn="2009">behold</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="802">women</s><sn="834">that</s> are <sn="7604">left</s> in the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s> shall be brought <sn="3318">forth</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s> 's <sn="8269">princes</s>, and <sn="2007">those</s> women shall <sn="559">say</s>, Thy <sn="376 7965">friends</s> have <sn="5496">set</s> thee on, and have <sn="3201">prevailed</s> against thee: thy <sn="7272">feet</s> are <sn="2883">sunk</s> in the <sn="1206">mire</s>, and they are turned <sn="5472">away</s><sn="268">back</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>So they shall bring <sn="3318">out</s><sn="3605">all</s> thy <sn="802">wives</s> and thy <sn="1121">children</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3778">Chaldeans</s>: and <sn="859">thou</s> shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4422">escape</s> out of their <sn="4480 3027">hand</s>, <sn="3588">but</s> shalt be <sn="8610">taken</s> by the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="894">Babylon</s>: and thou shalt cause <sn="2063">this</s><sn="5892">city</s> to be <sn="8313">burned</s> with <sn="784">fire</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>Then <sn="559">said</s><sn="6667">Zedekiah</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, Let <sn="408">no</s><sn="376">man</s><sn="3045">know</s> of <sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s>, and thou shalt <sn="3808">not</s><sn="4191">die</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>But <sn="3588">if</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="8085">hear</s><sn="3588">that</s> I have <sn="1696">talked</s><sn="854">with</s> thee, and they <sn="935">come</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, and <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee, <sn="5046">Declare</s> unto us <sn="4994">now</s><sn="4100">what</s> thou hast <sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, <sn="3582">hide</s> it <sn="408">not</s><sn="4480">from</s> us, and we will <sn="3808">not</s> put thee to <sn="4191">death</s>; also <sn="4100">what</s> the <sn="4428">king</s><sn="1696">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> thee: </v>
<vn='26'>Then thou shalt <sn="559">say</s><sn="413">unto</s> them, <sn="589">I</s><sn="5307">presented</s> my <sn="8467">supplication</s><sn="6440">before</s> the <sn="4428">king</s>, that he would <sn="1115">not</s> cause me to <sn="7725">return</s> to <sn="3129">Jonathan</s> 's <sn="1004">house</s>, to <sn="4191">die</s><sn="8033">there</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>Then <sn="935">came</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="8269">princes</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3414">Jeremiah</s>, and <sn="7592">asked</s> him: and he <sn="5046">told</s> them according to <sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s><sn="1697">words</s><sn="834">that</s> the <sn="4428">king</s> had <sn="6680">commanded</s>. So they left off <sn="2790">speaking</s><sn="4480">with</s> him; <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="1697">matter</s> was <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8085">perceived</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>So <sn="3414">Jeremiah</s><sn="3427">abode</s> in the <sn="2691">court</s> of the <sn="4307">prison</s><sn="5704">until</s> the <sn="3117">day</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>: and he <sn="1961">was</s> there <sn="834">when</s><sn="3389">Jerusalem</s> was <sn="3920">taken</s>. </v>