2 Ora, cercava então o exército do rei de Babilônia a Jerusalém; e Jeremias, o profeta, se achava encerrado no pátio da guarda que estava na casa do rei de Judá;
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The army of the king of Babylon was then besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was confined in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace of Judah.