Through The Prophets Verse By Verse (Isaiah-Malachi) (3)

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Jeremiah 37:12 (KJV) Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

 

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Jeremiah 37:13 (KJV) And 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 took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

 

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Jeremiah 37:14 (KJV) Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

 

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Jeremiah 37:15 (KJV) Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote 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 37:16 (KJV) When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

 

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Jer 37:17 And Zedekiah the king sent and took him out. And the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there Word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. For He said, You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

 

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Jeremiah 37:18 (KJV) Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

 

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Jeremiah 37:19
Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

 

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Jeremiah 37:20 (KJV) Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

 

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[bible]Jeremiah 37:21[/bible]

 

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Jeremiah 38:1 (KJV) Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

 

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Jeremiah 38:2 (KJV) Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

 

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Jeremiah 38;3
Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

 

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Jer 38:4 And the rulers said to the king, Please cause this man to die. For in this way he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking these words to them. For this man does not seek the peace of this people, but the evil.

 

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Jeremiah 38:5 (KJV) Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

 

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Jeremiah 38:6 (KJV) Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

 

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Jeremiah 38:7 (KJV) Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

 

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Jeremiah 38:8 (KJV) Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,

 

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Jeremiah 38:9 (KJV) My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

 

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Jeremiah 38:10 (KJV) Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.