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Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging*Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,
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becauseZedekiahking of Judah had shut him up, saying, "Why do you prophesy, saying, 'Thussays the LORD, "Behold, I am about to givethiscity into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will take it;