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The Prophecy
of Jeremias 37
Now king Sedecias the son of Josias reigned instead
of Jechonias the son of Joakim: whom Nabuchodonosor
king of Babylon made king in the land of Juda.
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of
the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he spoke
in the hand of Jeremias the prophet.
And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and
Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Jeremias
the prophet, saying: Pray to the Lord our God for us.
Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people
r for they had not as yet cast him into prison. And
the army of Pharao was come out of Egypt: and the Chaldeans
that besieged Jerusalem, hearing these tidings, departed
from Jerusalem.
And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet,
saying:
Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel: Thus shall you
say to the king of Juda, who sent you to inquire of
me: Behold the army of Pharao, which is come forth to
help you, shall return into their own land, into Egypt.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against
this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your souls, saying:
The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go away from us:
for they shall not go away;
But if you should even beat al: the army of the Chaldeans
that fight against you, and there should be left of
them some wounded men: they shall rise up, every man
from his tent, and burn this city with Are.
Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from
Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,
Jeremias went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the
land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession there in
the presence of the citizens.
And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain
of the gate, who I was there in his turn, was one named
Jerias, the son of Selemias, the son of Hananias: and
he took hold of Jeremias the prophet, saying: Thou art
fleeing to the Chaldeans.
And Jeremias answered: It is not so, I am not fleeing
to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Jerias
took Jeremias and brought him to the princes.
Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and
they beat him, and cast him into the prison that was
in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for he was chief
over the prison.
So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into
the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there many days.
Then Sedecias the king, sending, took him: and asked
him secretly in his house, and said: Is there, thinkest
thou, any word from the Lord? And Jeremias said: There
is. And he said: Thou shalt be delivered into the hands
of the king of Babylon.
And Jeremias said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended
against thee, or thy servants, or thy people, that thou
hast cast me into prison?
Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and
said: The king of Babylon shall not come against you,
and against this land?
Now therefore hear, I beseech thee, my lord the king:
let my petition be accepted in thy sight: and send me
not back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest
I die there.
Then king Sedecias commanded that Jeremias should be
committed into the entry of the prison: and that they
should give him daily a piece of bread, beside broth,
till all the bread in the city were spent: and Jeremias
remained in the entry of the prison. |
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