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While he was at the Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he arrestedJeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are goingover to the Chaldeans!"
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But Jeremiahsaid, "A lie! I am not goingover to the Chaldeans "; yet he would not listen to him. So IrijaharrestedJeremiah and brought him to the officials.
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Then the officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him, and they put him in jail* in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which they had made into the prison*.
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Now KingZedekiahsent and took him out; and in his palace the kingsecretlyasked him and said, "Is there a word from the LORD?" And Jeremiahsaid, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be given into the hand of the king of Babylon!"
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Moreover Jeremiahsaid to KingZedekiah, "In what way have I sinned against you, or against your servants, or against thispeople, that you have put me in prison*?
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"But now, pleaselisten, O my lord the king; please let my petitioncomebefore you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not diethere."
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Then KingZedekiahgavecommandment, and they committedJeremiah to the court of the guardhouse and gave him a loaf of breaddaily from the bakers'street, untilall the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiahremained in the court of the guardhouse.