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Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijahheard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people, saying,
2
"Thussays the LORD, 'He who stays in thiscity will die by the sword and by famine and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will live and have his own life as booty and stay alive.'
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Then the officialssaid to the king, "Now let thisman be put to death, inasmuch** as he is discouraging* the men of war who are left in thiscity and all the people, by speakingsuchwords to them; for thisman is not seeking the well-being of thispeople but rather* their harm."
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Then they tookJeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchijah the king'sson, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they letJeremiahdown with ropes. Now in the cisternthere was nowater but onlymud, and Jeremiahsank into the mud.