Jeremiah 37:1-38:28
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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.
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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.
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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."
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d Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, e for he had not yet been put in prison.
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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.
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Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
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"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.
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And l the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. l They shall capture it and burn it with fire.
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Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.
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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.'"
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Now when n the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army,
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Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to o the land of Benjamin p to receive his portion there q among the people.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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w When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,
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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."
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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?
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z Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land'?
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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."
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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.
Jeremiah 38
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Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, e Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and f Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people,
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"Thus says the Lord: g He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, g but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.
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Thus says the Lord: h This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken."
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Then the officials said to the king, i "Let this man be put to death, j for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking k the welfare of this people, but their harm."
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King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, l for the king can do nothing against you."
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So they took Jeremiah m and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in n the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down o by ropes. p And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and q Jeremiah sank in the mud.
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When r Ebed-melech s the Ethiopian, t a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern - the king was sitting u in the Benjamin Gate -
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r Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,
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"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 v hunger, w for there is no bread left in the city."
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Then the king commanded r Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."
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So r Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern x by ropes.
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Then r Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and x the ropes." Jeremiah did so.
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Then they drew Jeremiah up with x ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the n court of the guard.
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King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me."
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Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me."
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Then King Zedekiah swore y secretly to Jeremiah, z "As the Lord lives, a who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of b these men who seek your life."
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Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: c If you will surrender to d the officials of the king of Babylon, e then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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But if you do not surrender to d the officials of the king of Babylon, f then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, f and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand."
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King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans g who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me."
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Jeremiah said, "You shall not be given to them. Obey now the voice of the Lord in what I say to you, h and it shall be well with you, and your life shall be spared.
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But if you refuse to c surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:
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Behold, all the women left in the house of the king of Judah were being led out to the officials of the king of Babylon and were saying,
i "'Your trusted friends have deceived you
and prevailed against you;
now that your feet are sunk in the mud,
they turn away from you.'
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All your wives and j your sons shall be led out to the Chaldeans, and you yourself shall not escape from their hand, but shall be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire."
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Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.
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If k the officials hear that I have spoken with you and come to you and say to you, 'Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; hide nothing from us and we will not put you to death,'
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then you shall say to them, l 'I made a humble plea to the king that he would not send me back to the house of Jonathan to die there.'"
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Then all the officials came to Jeremiah and asked him, and he answered them as the king had instructed him. So they stopped speaking with him, for the conversation had not been overheard.
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And Jeremiah remained m in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
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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.
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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).
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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:
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Jeremiah 37:8
And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hebrews 11:36
Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.'
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Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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Jeremiah 20:1
Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
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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 38:17 - 18
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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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 38:17 - 18
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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Jeremiah 32:3
For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, "Why do you prophesy and say, 'Thus says the Lord : Behold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it.
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Jeremiah 26:11
Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people, "This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.
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Jeremiah 6:24
We have heard the report of it; our hands fall helpless; anguish has taken hold of us, pain as of a woman in labor.
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Jeremiah 33:9
And this city shall be to me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good that I do for them. They shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the prosperity I provide for it.
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Jeremiah 38:24 - 28
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.
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Jeremiah 37:16
When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days.
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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.
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Jeremiah 38:11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.
Jeremiah 38:13
Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
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Genesis 37:24
And they took him and threw him into a pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it.
Zechariah 9:11
As for you also, because of the blood of my covenant with you, I will set your prisoners free from the waterless pit.
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Psalms 69:14
Deliver me from sinking in the mire; let me be delivered from my enemies and from the deep waters.
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Jeremiah 39:16
Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and not for good, and they shall be accomplished before you on that day.
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Acts 8:27
And he rose and went. And there was an Ethiopian, a eunuch, a court official of Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was in charge of all her treasure. He had come to Jerusalem to worship
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Jeremiah 29:2
This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem.
Isaiah 56:3 - 4
Let not the foreigner who has joined himself to the Lord say, "The Lord will surely separate me from his people"; and let not the eunuch say, "Behold, I am a dry tree.
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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.
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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 -
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Jeremiah 11:22
Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: "Behold, I will punish them. The young men shall die by the sword, their sons and their daughters shall die by famine.
Jeremiah 14:16
And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and sword, with none to bury them - them, their wives, their sons, and their daughters. For I will pour out their evil upon them.
Jeremiah 14:18
If I go out into the field, behold, those pierced by the sword! And if I enter the city, behold, the diseases of famine! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge.'
Jeremiah 19:9
And I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and their daughters, and everyone shall eat the flesh of his neighbor in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies and those who seek their life afflict them.
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Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
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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 -
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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 -
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Jeremiah 38:6
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.
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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 -
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Jeremiah 38:11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.
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Jeremiah 38:11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.
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Jeremiah 38:6
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.
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Jeremiah 37:17
King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, "Is there any word from the Lord ?" Jeremiah said, "There is." Then he said, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
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Ruth 3:13
Remain tonight, and in the morning, if he will redeem you, good; let him do it. But if he is not willing to redeem you, then, as the Lord lives, I will redeem you. Lie down until the morning.
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Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend forever, nor will I always be angry; for the spirit would grow faint before me, and the breath of life that I made.
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Jeremiah 38:1 - 9
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.
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Jeremiah 38:2
Thus says the Lord : He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.
Jeremiah 38:21
But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:
Jeremiah 27:12 - 13
To Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in like manner: "Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people and live.
2 Kings 24:12
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign
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Jeremiah 39:3
Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer, Samgar-nebu, Sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 34:4 - 5
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O Zedekiah king of Judah! Thus says the Lord concerning you: 'You shall not die by the sword.
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Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord : it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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Jeremiah 21:10
For I have set my face against this city for harm and not for good, declares the Lord : it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire.
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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.
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Jeremiah 40:9
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, swore to them and their men, saying, "Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.
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Jeremiah 38:17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
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Jeremiah 20:10
For I hear many whispering. Terror is on every side! "Denounce him! Let us denounce him!" say all my close friends, watching for my fall. "Perhaps he will be deceived; then we can overcome him and take our revenge on him.
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Jeremiah 39:6
The king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah at Riblah before his eyes, and the king of Babylon slaughtered all the nobles of Judah.
Jeremiah 41:10
Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.
Jeremiah 43:6
The men, the women, the children, the princesses, and every person whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan; also Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah.
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Jeremiah 38:5
King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, for the king can do nothing against you.
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Jeremiah 37:20
Now hear, please, O my lord the king: let my humble plea come before you and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.
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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.
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