Jeremiah 37
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Jeremiah 37:11-16

11And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh's army,

12that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people.

13And when 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 the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thou art deserting to the Chaldeans.

14And Jeremiah said, It is false: I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

15And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,

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