1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

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2 Kings 24:17, Jeremiah 22:24, 2 Kings 24:17, Jeremiah 22:24, 2 Kings 24:12

2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the words of the Lord, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

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2 Chronicles 36:12, 2 Chronicles 36:16, 2 Kings 24:19, 2 Kings 24:20, 1 Thessalonians 4:8

3Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "Pray now to the Lord our God for us."

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Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 21:2, Jeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 21:2, Jeremiah 42:20

4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

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Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:2

5Pharaoh's army had come forth out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

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Ezekiel 17:15, Ezekiel 17:15, Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 34:21, 2 Kings 24:7

6Then came the word of the Lord to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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7"Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, 'You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: "Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

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Lamentations 4:17, Lamentations 4:17, Ezekiel 17:17, Isaiah 31:1, Isaiah 31:3

8The Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire."

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Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:2, Jeremiah 39:8, Jeremiah 38:23, Jeremiah 39:2

9Thus says the Lord, "Do not deceive yourselves, saying, 'The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us'; for they shall not depart.

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Obadiah 1:3, Obadiah 1:3, James 1:22, Galatians 6:7, Matthew 24:4

10For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yes would they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire."'"

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Joel 2:11, Jeremiah 50:45, Isaiah 30:17, Leviticus 26:36, Leviticus 26:38

11It happened that, when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,

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Jeremiah 37:5, Jeremiah 37:5

12then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the midst of the people.

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Jeremiah 1:1, Jeremiah 1:1, 1 Kings 19:3, 1 Chronicles 6:60, 1 Kings 19:9

13When he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are falling away to the Chaldeans."

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Zechariah 14:10, Jeremiah 38:7, Zechariah 14:10, Jeremiah 38:7, Jeremiah 21:9

14Then Jeremiah said, "It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans." But he did not listen to him; so Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

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Jeremiah 40:4, Jeremiah 40:6, Psalms 52:1, Psalms 52:2, Matthew 5:11

15The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

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Jeremiah 38:26, Jeremiah 38:26, 2 Chronicles 16:10, 2 Chronicles 18:26, Acts 5:18

16When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

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Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:10, Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 38:10

17Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, "Is there any word from the Lord?" Jeremiah said, "There is." He said also, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

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Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 21:7, Jeremiah 38:5, Jeremiah 38:24, Jeremiah 38:27

18Moreover Jeremiah said to king Zedekiah, "Wherein have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

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Acts 25:8, John 10:32, Acts 25:8, John 10:32, Daniel 6:22

19Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

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Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 28:10, Jeremiah 28:17, Jeremiah 2:28, Jeremiah 28:10

20Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there."

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Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 36:7, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:9, Jeremiah 38:26

21Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard; and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 38:9