Jeremiah 37
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Jeremiah 37:11-16

11And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,1 12Then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself from there in the midst of the people.2 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 took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans. 14Then 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.3 15Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and beat him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 16When Jeremiah had entered into the dungeon, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;4

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 37:11 broken...: Heb. made to ascend ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 37:12 separate...: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 37:14 false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 37:16 cabins: or, cells ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain