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|Jeremías 37:11|
After the Babylonian army had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army,
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|Jeremías 37:12|
Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property among the people there.
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|Jeremías 37:13|
But when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”
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|Jeremías 37:14|
“That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
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|Jeremías 37:15|
They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.
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|Jeremías 37:16|
Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time.
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|Jeremías 37:17|
Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?” “Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
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|Jeremías 37:18|
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you or your officials or this people, that you have put me in prison?
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|Jeremías 37:19|
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?
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|Jeremías 37:20|
But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I shall die there.”
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