1Now King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, reigned 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 regarded the words of Jehovah, which he spake 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

3And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pray now to Jehovah 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 cast him into prison.

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

5And Pharaoh’s army had come forth out of Egypt; and the Chaldaeans, who were besieging Jerusalem, having heard tidings of them, had departed 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 Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet, saying,

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7Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel: Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of me: Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which is 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

8And the Chaldaeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and 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 saith Jehovah: Deceive not yourselves, saying, "The Chaldaeans 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 ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldaeans that fight against you, and there remained only wounded men among them, each one in his tent, yet should they rise up 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

11And it came to pass, when the army of the Chaldaeans had marched away from Jerusalem because of the army of Pharaoh,

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Jeremiah 37:5, Jeremiah 37:5

12that Jeremiah was going forth from Jerusalem, to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive thence his inheritance among the people.

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

13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Thou art going over to the Chaldaeans."

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

14And Jeremiah said, "It is false; I am not going over to the Chaldaeans." But he hearkened not to him; so Irijah took 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

15And the princes were enraged against Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that a prison.

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

16And when Jeremiah had gone into the dungeon, and into the cells, and had remained there a long time,

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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 took him out; and the king asked him in his house privately, and said, "Hast thou any word from Jehovah?" And Jeremiah said, "I have." And he said, "Into the hand of the king of Babylon shalt thou be delivered."

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

18And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What offence have I committed against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

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

19And where 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

20But now hear, I pray thee, my lord the king! let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee, and cause me not 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 that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city should be consumed. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

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