Jeremiah 37 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh

37 Now (A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had (B)made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of (C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. 2 But (D)neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord which He spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

3 Yet (E)King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and (F)the priest Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “(G)Please pray to the Lord our God in our behalf.” 4 Now Jeremiah was still coming and going among the people, for they had not yet (H)put him in prison. 5 Meanwhile, (I)Pharaoh’s army had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they (J)withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, 7 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says: ‘(K)This is what you are to say to the king of Judah, who sent you to Me to inquire of Me: “Behold, (L)Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, is going to return to its own land of Egypt. 8 Then the Chaldeans will (M)return and fight against this city, and they will capture it and burn it with fire.”’ 9 This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not (N)deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will certainly go away from us,” for they will not go. 10 For (O)even if you had defeated the entire army of Chaldeans who were fighting against you, and there were only wounded men left among them, each man in his tent, they would rise up and (P)burn this city with fire.’”

Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 Now it happened when the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, 12 that Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to (Q)take [a]possession of some property there among the people. 13 While he was at the (R)Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he (S)arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!” 14 But Jeremiah said, “(T)A lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans”; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 Then the officials were (U)angry at Jeremiah and they beat him, and (V)put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it into the prison. 16 For Jeremiah had come into the [b](W)dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

17 Now King Zedekiah sent men and took him out; and in his palace the king (X)secretly asked him and said, “Is there a (Y)word from the Lord?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be (Z)handed over to the king of Babylon!” 18 Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “(AA)In what way have I sinned against you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 And (AB)where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The (AC)king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? 20 But now, please listen, my lord the king; please let my (AD)plea [c]come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there.” 21 Then King Zedekiah gave a command, and they placed Jeremiah in custody in the (AE)courtyard of the guardhouse, and gave him a loaf of (AF)bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was (AG)gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:12 Or part in a dividing
  2. Jeremiah 37:16 Lit house of the cistern-pit
  3. Jeremiah 37:20 Lit fall

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 : 2 Kin 24:17; 1 Chr 3:15; 2 Chr 36:10
  2. Jeremiah 37:1 : Ezek 17:12-21
  3. Jeremiah 37:1 : 2 Kin 24:12; 1 Chr 3:16; 2 Chr 36:9, 10; Jer 22:24, 28; 24:1; 52:31
  4. Jeremiah 37:2 : 2 Kin 24:19, 20; 2 Chr 36:12-16; Prov 29:12
  5. Jeremiah 37:3 : Jer 21:1, 2
  6. Jeremiah 37:3 : Jer 29:25; 52:24
  7. Jeremiah 37:3 : 1 Kin 13:6; Jer 2:27; 15:11; 21:1, 2; 42:1-4, 20; Acts 8:24
  8. Jeremiah 37:4 : Jer 32:2, 3; 37:15
  9. Jeremiah 37:5 : 2 Kin 24:7; Jer 37:7; Ezek 17:15
  10. Jeremiah 37:5 : Jer 37:11
  11. Jeremiah 37:7 : 2 Kin 22:18; Jer 21:1, 2; 37:3
  12. Jeremiah 37:7 : Is 30:1-3; 31:1-3; Jer 2:18, 36; Lam 4:17; Ezek 17:17
  13. Jeremiah 37:8 : Jer 34:22; 38:23; 39:2-8
  14. Jeremiah 37:9 : Jer 29:8; Obad 3; Matt 24:4, 5; Eph 5:6
  15. Jeremiah 37:10 : Lev 26:36-38; Is 30:17; Jer 21:4, 5
  16. Jeremiah 37:10 : Jer 37:8
  17. Jeremiah 37:12 : Jer 32:8
  18. Jeremiah 37:13 : Jer 38:7; Zech 14:10
  19. Jeremiah 37:13 : Jer 18:18; 20:10; Luke 23:2; Acts 6:11; 24:5-9, 13
  20. Jeremiah 37:14 : Ps 27:12; 52:1, 2; Jer 40:4-6; Matt 5:11, 12
  21. Jeremiah 37:15 : Jer 18:23; 20:1-3; 26:16; Matt 21:35
  22. Jeremiah 37:15 : Gen 39:20; 2 Chr 16:10; 18:26; Jer 38:26; Acts 5:18
  23. Jeremiah 37:16 : Jer 38:6
  24. Jeremiah 37:17 : 1 Kin 14:1-4; Jer 38:5, 14-16, 24-27
  25. Jeremiah 37:17 : 1 Kin 22:15, 16; 2 Kin 3:11, 12; Jer 15:11; 21:1, 2; 37:3
  26. Jeremiah 37:17 : Jer 21:7; 24:8; Ezek 12:12, 13; 17:19, 20
  27. Jeremiah 37:18 : 1 Sam 24:9; 26:18; Dan 6:22; John 10:32; Acts 25:8, 11, 25
  28. Jeremiah 37:19 : Deut 32:37, 38; 2 Kin 3:13; Jer 2:28
  29. Jeremiah 37:19 : Jer 27:14; 28:1-4, 10-17
  30. Jeremiah 37:20 : Jer 36:7; 38:26
  31. Jeremiah 37:21 : Jer 32:2; 38:13, 28
  32. Jeremiah 37:21 : 1 Kin 17:6; Job 5:20; Ps 33:18, 19; Is 33:16
  33. Jeremiah 37:21 : 2 Kin 25:3; Jer 38:9; 52:6

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