1 Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" was|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Babylon|strong="H0894". He|strong="H0834" appointed Zedekiah|strong="H6667" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" to|strong="H0776" be|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" in|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0834" place|strong="H8478" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079".
2 But|strong="H3808" Zedekiah, his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650", and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0834" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Judah did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" pay|strong="H8085" attention|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0834" messages|strong="H1697" the|strong="H0834" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" given|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H0834" prophet|strong="H5030".
3 King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" sent|strong="H7971" Jehucal|strong="H3081" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018" and|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" priest|strong="H3548" Zephaniah|strong="H6846" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Maaseiah|strong="H4641" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" with|strong="H0413" a|strong="H7971" message|strong="H3068". This|strong="H3068" was|strong="H3068" the|strong="H0853" message|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" brought to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414": “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", pray|strong="H6419" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" God|strong="H0430" for|strong="H1157" us|strong="H4994".”
4 At|strong="H1004" that|strong="H3808" time|strong="H3318" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" had|strong="H0853" not|strong="H3808" yet|strong="H5414" been|strong="H3808" put|strong="H5414" into|strong="H0935" prison|strong="H1004", so|strong="H5414" he|strong="H5414" was|strong="H1004" free|strong="H3318" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H3318" anywhere he|strong="H5414" wanted.
5 Also|strong="H0853" at|strong="H5921" that|strong="H8085" time|strong="H3318" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H0853" marched|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" toward|strong="H5921" Judah. The|strong="H0853" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428" had|strong="H0853" surrounded the|strong="H0853" city of|strong="H5921" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" in|strong="H5921" order to|strong="H5921" defeat it|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" they|strong="H5921" had|strong="H0853" heard|strong="H8085" about|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" marching|strong="H5927" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H0853". So|strong="H5927" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3318" Babylon left|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H5921" fight with|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" from|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714".
6 This|strong="H1697" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H0559" prophet|strong="H5030":
7 “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0853" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559": ‘Jehucal and|strong="H3068" Zephaniah, I|strong="H3541" know that|strong="H3068" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" sent|strong="H7971" you|strong="H7971" to|strong="H0413" me|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" ask|strong="H0559" questions. Tell|strong="H0559" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah this|strong="H3541": Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" army|strong="H2428" marched|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" to|strong="H0413" come|strong="H3318" here|strong="H2009" to|strong="H0413" help|strong="H5833" you|strong="H7971" against|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon. But|strong="H2009" Pharaoh’s|strong="H6547" army|strong="H2428" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3318" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" Egypt|strong="H4714".
8 After|strong="H5921" that|strong="H0784" the|strong="H5921" army from|strong="H7725" Babylon will|strong="H0784" come|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" here|strong="H2063" and|strong="H7725" attack|strong="H3898" Jerusalem. Then|strong="H7725" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H0784" capture|strong="H3920" and|strong="H7725" burn|strong="H8313" it|strong="H5921".’
9 This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": ‘People|strong="H5315" of|strong="H3068" Jerusalem, don’t|strong="H0408" fool yourselves|strong="H5315". Don’t|strong="H0408" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" yourselves|strong="H5315", “The|strong="H0559" army of|strong="H3068" Babylon will|strong="H3068" surely|strong="H3588" leave|strong="H1980" us|strong="H5921" alone.” They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808".
10 People|strong="H0376" of|strong="H0376" Jerusalem, even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H0518" you|strong="H3588" could|strong="H0376" defeat|strong="H5221" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428" that|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0376" attacking|strong="H5221" you|strong="H3588", there|strong="H2063" would|strong="H0376" still be|strong="H0376" a|strong="H3588" few wounded|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" left|strong="H7604" in|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168". Even|strong="H3588" those|strong="H3605" few wounded|strong="H5221" men|strong="H0376" would|strong="H0376" come|strong="H6965" out|strong="H3605" of|strong="H0376" their|strong="H3605" tents|strong="H0168" and|strong="H6965" burn|strong="H8313" Jerusalem down|strong="H5221".’”
11 When|strong="H1961" the|strong="H6440" Babylonian|strong="H3778" army|strong="H2428" left|strong="H1961" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H1961" fight the|strong="H6440" army|strong="H2428" of|strong="H6440" the|strong="H6440" Pharaoh|strong="H6547" of|strong="H6440" Egypt,
12 Jeremiah|strong="H3414" wanted to|strong="H3389" travel from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" the|strong="H8432" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H0776" Benjamin|strong="H1144". He|strong="H8033" wanted to|strong="H3389" be|strong="H0776" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H0776" a|strong="H3318" division of|strong="H0776" some|strong="H8033" property that|strong="H0776" belonged|strong="H3318" to|strong="H3389" his|strong="H8432" family.
13 But|strong="H1961" when|strong="H1961" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" got to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0853" Benjamin|strong="H1144" Gate|strong="H8179" of|strong="H1121" Jerusalem, the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H1167" in|strong="H0413" charge of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H0853" guards arrested|strong="H8610" him|strong="H0413". The|strong="H0853" captain’s name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Irijah|strong="H3376" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Shelemiah|strong="H8018". Shelemiah|strong="H8018" was|strong="H8034" the|strong="H0853" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Hananiah|strong="H2608". So|strong="H1961" Irijah|strong="H3376" the|strong="H0853" captain|strong="H1167" arrested|strong="H8610" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559", “Jeremiah|strong="H3414", you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H1121" leaving us|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" join the|strong="H0853" Babylonian|strong="H3778" side.”
14 Jeremiah|strong="H3414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Irijah|strong="H3376", “That|strong="H8085" is|strong="H0369" not|strong="H3808" true! I|strong="H0559" am not|strong="H3808" leaving to|strong="H0413" join the|strong="H0559" Babylonians|strong="H3778".” But|strong="H3808" Irijah|strong="H3376" refused|strong="H3808" to|strong="H0413" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H0413" Jeremiah|strong="H3414". And|strong="H0935" Irijah|strong="H3376" arrested|strong="H8610" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H0935" took|strong="H8610" him|strong="H0413" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H0559" royal officials|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Jerusalem.
15 Those|strong="H5921" officials|strong="H8269" were|strong="H8269" very angry|strong="H7107" with|strong="H1004" Jeremiah|strong="H3414". They|strong="H3588" gave|strong="H5414" an|strong="H5414" order for|strong="H3588" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" to|strong="H5921" be|strong="H1004" beaten|strong="H5221". Then|strong="H0853" they|strong="H3588" put|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5414" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H3608". The|strong="H0853" prison|strong="H3608" was|strong="H1004" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jonathan|strong="H3083", a|strong="H3588" scribe|strong="H5608" for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1004" Judah. His|strong="H5414" house|strong="H1004" had|strong="H3588" been made|strong="H6213" into|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" prison|strong="H3608".
16 They|strong="H3588" put|strong="H0935" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" into|strong="H0413" a|strong="H3588" cell|strong="H2588" under|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jonathan. The|strong="H3588" cell|strong="H2588" was|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3427" a|strong="H3588" dungeon under|strong="H0935" the|strong="H3588" ground. Jeremiah|strong="H3414" was|strong="H3117" there|strong="H8033" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117".
17 Then|strong="H3947" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" sent|strong="H7971" for|strong="H3027" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" and|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" him|strong="H5414" brought|strong="H3947" to|strong="H0559" the|strong="H0853" palace|strong="H1004". Zedekiah|strong="H6667" talked to|strong="H0559" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" in|strong="H3068" private. He|strong="H3068" asked|strong="H7592" Jeremiah|strong="H3414", “Is|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3426" any|strong="H3426" message|strong="H1697" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068"?”
18 Then|strong="H2088" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667", “What|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H2398" wrong|strong="H2398"? What|strong="H4100" crime|strong="H2398" have|strong="H5650" I|strong="H3588" done|strong="H2398" against|strong="H0413" you|strong="H3588" or|strong="H1004" your|strong="H5414" officials|strong="H5650" or|strong="H1004" the|strong="H0853" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H4428" Jerusalem? Why|strong="H4100" have|strong="H5650" you|strong="H3588" thrown me|strong="H0413" into|strong="H0413" prison|strong="H3608"?
19 King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah, where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H0834" your|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030" now|strong="H0935"? They|strong="H0834" told|strong="H0559" you|strong="H0834" a|strong="H0935" false message. They|strong="H0834" said|strong="H0559", ‘The|strong="H0559" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" will|strong="H0776" not|strong="H3808" attack|strong="H0935" you|strong="H0834" or|strong="H3808" this|strong="H2063" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Judah.’
20 But|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258", my|strong="H8085" lord|strong="H0113", king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Judah, please|strong="H4994" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="H4191" me|strong="H4994". Please|strong="H4994" let|strong="H4994" me|strong="H4994" bring|strong="H7725" my|strong="H8085" request|strong="H6440" to|strong="H4191" you|strong="H6440". This|strong="H6258" is|strong="H4428" what I|strong="H6258" ask|strong="H4428": Don’t|strong="H0408" send me|strong="H4994" back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H4191" the|strong="H6440" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H4428" Jonathan|strong="H3083" the|strong="H6440" scribe|strong="H5608". If you|strong="H6440" send me|strong="H4994" back|strong="H7725", I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H4428" die|strong="H4191" there|strong="H8033".”
21 So|strong="H4480" King|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667" gave|strong="H5414" orders|strong="H6680" for|strong="H3117" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" to|strong="H5704" be|strong="H4428" put|strong="H5414" under|strong="H4480" guard|strong="H4307" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691". And|strong="H4428" he|strong="H5704" ordered|strong="H6680" that|strong="H3605" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" should|strong="H3117" be|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" from|strong="H4480" the|strong="H3605" street|strong="H2351" bakers|strong="H0644". He|strong="H5704" was|strong="H4428" given|strong="H5414" bread|strong="H3899" until|strong="H5704" there|strong="H3427" was|strong="H4428" no|strong="H4480" more|strong="H4480" bread|strong="H3899" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" city|strong="H5892". So|strong="H4480" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" stayed|strong="H3427" under|strong="H4480" guard|strong="H4307" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" courtyard|strong="H2691".