Jeremiah 37 (NET)

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Jeremiah 37:1¹Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 22:24 2 Kgs 24:17 2 Kgs 24:12 1 Chr 3:15-16 2 Chr 36:9-10 Ezek 17:12-21 Jer 22:28 Jer 24:1 Jer 52:31

Jeremiah 37:2²Neither he nor the officials who served him nor the people of Judah paid any attention to what the Lord said through the prophet Jeremiah.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:1 Thess 4:8 2 Chr 36:12-16 2 Kgs 24:19-20 Prov 29:12 1 Kgs 14:18 1 Kgs 16:7 2 Sam 10:2 2 Sam 12:25 Exod 4:13 Ezek 21:25

Jeremiah 37:3³King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah to say, “Please pray to the Lord our God on our behalf.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 21:1-2 1 Kgs 13:6 Jer 2:27 Jer 29:25 Jer 42:2-4 Jer 42:20 Jer 52:24 1 Sam 12:19 Acts 8:24 Exod 10:17

Jeremiah 37:4⁴(Now Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison. So he was still free to come and go among the people as he pleased.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 37:15 Jer 32:2-3

Jeremiah 37:5⁵At that time the Babylonian forces had temporarily given up their siege against Jerusalem. They had had it under siege, but withdrew when they heard that the army of Pharaoh had set out from Egypt. )Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Ezek 17:15 2 Kgs 24:7 Jer 34:21 Jer 37:11 Jer 37:7

Jeremiah 37:6⁶The Lord’ s message came to the prophet Jeremiah,Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AI

Jeremiah 37:7⁷“This is what the Lord God of Israel has said, ‘This is what you must say to the king of Judah who sent you to seek my help. “Beware, Pharaoh’s army that was on its way to help you is about to go back home to Egypt.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Lam 4:17 2 Kgs 22:18 Ezek 17:17 Isa 31:1-3 Jer 21:2 Jer 37:3 Ezek 29:16 Ezek 29:6-7 Isa 30:1-6 Jer 17:5-6

Jeremiah 37:8⁸Then the Babylonian forces will return. They will attack the city and will capture it and burn it down.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:23 Jer 39:2-8 Jer 32:29 Jer 34:21-22

Jeremiah 37:9⁹Moreover, I, the Lord, warn you not to deceive yourselves into thinking that the Babylonian forces will go away and leave you alone. For they will not go away.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Obad 1:3 2 Thess 2:3 Gal 6:3 Gal 6:7 Jas 1:22 Jer 29:8 Matt 24:4-5 Eph 5:6

Jeremiah 37:10¹⁰For even if you were to defeat all the Babylonian forces fighting against you so badly that only wounded men were left lying in their tents, they would get up and burn this city down.”’”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Isa 30:17 Jer 50:45 Joel 2:11 Lev 26:36-38 Isa 10:4 Isa 13:15 Isa 14:19 Jer 21:4-7 Jer 37:8 Jer 49:20

Jeremiah 37:11¹¹The following events also occurred while the Babylonian forces had temporarily withdrawn from Jerusalem because the army of Pharaoh was coming.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 37:5

Jeremiah 37:12¹²Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the territory of Benjamin. He wanted to make sure he got his share of the property that was being divided up among his family there.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 1:1 1 Chr 6:60 1 Kgs 19:3 1 Kgs 19:9 Jer 32:8-9 Josh 21:17-18 Matt 10:23 Neh 6:11 1 Thess 5:22

Jeremiah 37:13¹³But he only got as far as the Benjamin Gate. There an officer in charge of the guards named Irijah, who was the son of Shelemiah and the grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. He seized Jeremiah and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:7 Zech 14:10 Acts 24:13 Acts 24:5-9 Acts 6:11 Jer 18:18 Jer 20:10 Jer 21:9 Jer 38:1 Luke 23:2

Jeremiah 37:14¹⁴Jeremiah answered, “That’s a lie! I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him. Irijah put Jeremiah under arrest and took him to the officials.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 40:4-6 Matt 5:11-12 Ps 27:12 Ps 52:1-2 1 Pet 3:16 1 Pet 4:14-16 Luke 6:22-23 Luke 6:26 Neh 6:8 Ps 35:11

Jeremiah 37:15¹⁵The officials were very angry with Jeremiah. They had him flogged and put in prison in the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary, which they had converted into a place for confining prisoners.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:26 2 Chr 16:10 2 Chr 18:26 Acts 5:18 Gen 39:20 Jer 20:1-3 Jer 26:16 Matt 21:35 2 Cor 11:23-27 Acts 12:4-6

Jeremiah 37:16¹⁶So Jeremiah was put in prison in a cell in the dungeon in Jonathan’s house. He was kept there for a long time.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:6 Jer 38:10-13 Gen 40:15 Lam 3:53 Lam 3:55

Jeremiah 37:17¹⁷Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 21:7 1 Kgs 14:1-4 1 Kgs 22:16 Ezek 12:12-13 Jer 21:1-2 Jer 24:8 Jer 37:3 Jer 38:14-16 Jer 38:24-27 Jer 38:5

Jeremiah 37:18¹⁸Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What crime have I committed against you, or the officials who serve you, or the people of Judah? What have I done to make you people throw me into prison?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Acts 25:8 John 10:32 Acts 25:11 Acts 25:25 Dan 6:22 1 Sam 24:9-15 1 Sam 26:18-21 Acts 23:1 Acts 24:16 Acts 26:31

Jeremiah 37:19¹⁹Where now are the prophets who prophesied to you that the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land?Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 2:28 Jer 28:10-17 2 Kgs 3:13 Jer 14:13-15 Jer 23:17 Jer 27:14-18 Jer 28:1-5 Jer 29:31 Jer 6:14 Jer 8:11

Jeremiah 37:20²⁰But now please listen, your royal Majesty, and grant my plea for mercy. Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan, the royal secretary. If you do, I will die there.”Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 36:7 Acts 23:16-22 Acts 25:10-11 Acts 28:18-19 Jer 26:15 Jer 38:26 Jer 38:6-9

Jeremiah 37:21²¹Then King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be committed to the courtyard of the guardhouse. He also ordered that a loaf of bread be given to him every day from the bakers’ street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah was kept in the courtyard of the guardhouse.Copy Link KJV+Strong’s Many Bible Versions Ask AICross Refs:Jer 38:13 Jer 38:28 Jer 32:2 Jer 38:9 Jer 52:6 2 Kgs 25:3 Isa 33:16 Job 5:20 Ps 33:18-19 1 Kgs 17:4-6