Jeremiah 37

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

1 u Zedekiah the son of Josiah, v whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of w Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. 2 x But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 King Zedekiah sent y Jehucal the son of z Shelemiah, and a Zephaniah the priest, the son of b Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please c pray for us to the Lord our God." 4 d Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, e for he had not yet been put in prison. 5 f The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when g the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, h they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: 7 "Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who i sent you to me to inquire of me, 'Behold, j Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to k return to Egypt, to its own land. 8 And l the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. l They shall capture it and burn it with fire. 9 Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away. 10 m For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and l burn this city with fire.'"

Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 Now when n the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army, 12 Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to o the land of Benjamin p to receive his portion there q among the people. 13 When he was at r the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of s Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, t "You are deserting to the Chaldeans." 14 And Jeremiah said, "It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to u the officials. 15 And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him v and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

16 w When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days, 17 King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him x secretly in his house and said, "Is there any word from the Lord?" Jeremiah said, "There is." Then he said, y "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon." 18 Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, v that you have put me in prison? 19 z Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land'? 20 Now hear, please, O my lord the king: a let my humble plea come before you and b do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there." 21 So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to c the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, d until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in c the court of the guard.

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:17
    And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:13
    And he took one of the royal offspring and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath ( the chief men of the land he had taken away).
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:24
    As I live, declares the Lord, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off
  4. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:12 - 14
    He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:1
    Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:13
    When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans.
    Jeremiah 38:1
    Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people.
  7. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:1
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur the son of Malchiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, saying.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 35:4
    I brought them to the house of the Lord into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, the man of God, which was near the chamber of the officials, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, keeper of the threshold.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:2
    "Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us."
  10. Cross References
    Numbers 27:17
    Who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd.
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
    Jeremiah 33:1
    The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time, while he was still shut up in the court of the guard:
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:15
    But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and a large army. Will he thrive? Can one escape who does such things? Can he break the covenant and yet escape?
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:11
    Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army.
    Jeremiah 34:21
    And Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials I will give into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon which has withdrawn from you.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:2
    "Inquire of the Lord for us, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon is making war against us. Perhaps the Lord will deal with us according to all his wonderful deeds and will make him withdraw from us."
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:2
    Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
    Ezekiel 29:6
    Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. "Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:17
    Call the name of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, 'Noisy one who lets the hour go by.
    2 Kings 24:7
    And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
    Lamentations 4:17
    Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 34:22
    Behold, I will command, declares the Lord, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.
  19. Cross References
    Jeremiah 34:22
    Behold, I will command, declares the Lord, and will bring them back to this city. And they will fight against it and take it and burn it with fire. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without inhabitant.
  20. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:4
    Thus you shall say to Zedekiah, 'Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands and with which you are fighting against the king of Babylon and against the Chaldeans who are besieging you outside the walls. And I will bring them together into the midst of this city.
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:8
    And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:5
    The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:1
    The words of Jeremiah, the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests who were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin.
    Jeremiah 32:8
    Then Hanamel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the Lord, and said to me, 'Buy my field that is at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the Lord.
  24. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:9
    And I bought the field at Anathoth from Hanamel my cousin, and weighed out the money to him, seventeen shekels of silver.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:4
    Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.
    Jeremiah 39:14
    Sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:7
    When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern - the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate -
    Zechariah 14:10
    The whole land shall be turned into a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But Jerusalem shall remain aloft on its site from the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the king's winepresses.
  27. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:3
    King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray for us to the Lord our God.
    Jeremiah 38:1
    Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people.
  28. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:9
    He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who are besieging you shall live and shall have his life as a prize of war.
    Jeremiah 38:19
    King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me.
    Jeremiah 39:9
    Then Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, carried into exile to Babylon the rest of the people who were left in the city, those who had deserted to him, and the people who remained.
    Jeremiah 52:15
    And Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive some of the poorest of the people and the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who had deserted to the king of Babylon, together with the rest of the artisans.
  29. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:12
    He went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
  30. Cross References
    Hebrews 11:36
    Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
  31. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:6 - 14
    So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
  32. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:16
    Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, "As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.
  33. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:7
    Afterward, declares the Lord, I will give Zedekiah king of Judah and his servants and the people in this city who survive the pestilence, sword, and famine into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of their enemies, into the hand of those who seek their lives. He shall strike them down with the edge of the sword. He shall not pity them or spare them or have compassion.
  34. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:15
    And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
  35. Cross References
    Jeremiah 28:2
    Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have broken the yoke of the king of Babylon.
    Jeremiah 28:11
    And Hananiah spoke in the presence of all the people, saying, "Thus says the Lord : Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all the nations within two years." But Jeremiah the prophet went his way.
    Jeremiah 28:17
    In that same year, in the seventh month, the prophet Hananiah died.
  36. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:26
    Then you shall say to them, 'I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.'
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:28
    And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
  38. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  39. Cross References
    Jeremiah 32:2
    At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah.
  40. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:9
    "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city."
    Jeremiah 52:6
    On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.
    Ezekiel 4:10
    And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
    Ezekiel 4:16
    Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
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