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    Jeremiah 37

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    Jeremiah is promised one loaf a day in the courtyard of the guard, right after announcing that the king will be handed over to Babylon—and the allowance lasts only until the city's bread is gone.

    A prayer request beneath a withdrawing armyvv. 1–10

    Nebuchadnezzar makes Zedekiah king of Judah, though Zedekiah, his officers, and the people refuse the LORD's words. Then Zedekiah sends Jehucal and Zephaniah to ask Jeremiah for prayer, a wonderfully awkward arrangement: obedience is declined, but prayer is still requested. Meanwhile Pharaoh's army draws the Chaldeans away from Jerusalem. Jeremiah's word is that Egypt's army will turn back, the Chaldeans will return, and even a tentful of wounded men would rise and burn the city.

    The gate, the dungeon, and the daily loafvv. 11–21

    When the Chaldeans withdraw, Jeremiah sets out for Benjamin to claim his portion. At the Gate of Benjamin, Irijah arrests him as a deserter; Jeremiah denies it, but the officials beat him and put him in the prison made from Jonathan's house. Much later, Zedekiah summons him privately and receives the same answer as before: the king will be delivered into Babylon. Jeremiah asks what crime earned him prison, and begs not to be sent back to Jonathan's house. Zedekiah grants the modest mercy of the chapter: the courtyard of the guard, and one loaf daily from the bakers' street, until the bread runs out. Jeremiah remains there.

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    1. Jer 37:1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.

    2. Jer 37:2But he and his officers and the people of the land refused to obey the words that the LORD had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

    3. Jer 37:3Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”

    4. Jer 37:4Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.

    5. Jer 37:5Pharaoh’s army had left Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

    6. Jer 37:6Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet:

    7. Jer 37:7“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.

    8. Jer 37:8Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.

    9. Jer 37:9This is what the LORD says: Do not deceive yourselves by saying, ‘The Chaldeans will go away for good,’ for they will not!

    10. Jer 37:10Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

    11. Jer 37:11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

    12. Jer 37:12Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.

    13. Jer 37:13But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

    14. Jer 37:14“That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.

    15. Jer 37:15The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

    16. Jer 37:16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.

    17. Jer 37:17Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

    18. Jer 37:18Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?

    19. Jer 37:19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land’?

    20. Jer 37:20But now please listen, O my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

    21. Jer 37:21So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

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    • 3Jeremiah 21:1–2This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
    • 1Jeremiah 22:24“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
    • 21Jeremiah 38:13and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
    • 21Jeremiah 38:28And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
    • 12 Kings 24:17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
    • 5Ezekiel 17:15But this king rebelled against Babylon by sending his envoys to Egypt to ask for horses and a large army. Will he flourish? Will the one who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and yet escape?’
    • 7Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
    • 17Jeremiah 21:7‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
    • 12 Kings 24:12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
    • 31 Kings 13:6Then the king responded to the man of God, “Intercede with the LORD your God and pray for me that my hand may be restored.” So the man of God interceded with the LORD, and the king’s hand was restored to him as it was before.
    • 3Jeremiah 29:25this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “In your own name you have sent out letters to all the people of Jerusalem, to the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah, and to all the priests. You said to Zephaniah:
    • 3Jeremiah 52:24The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.
    • 4Jeremiah 37:15The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
    • 5Jeremiah 37:11When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
    • 52 Kings 24:7Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
    • 5Jeremiah 34:21And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.

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