Jeremiah Chapter 37
So King Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, took the throne from Coniah, the dude Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, made king in Judah. Vibes.
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
But no one—Zedekiah, his squad, or the people—paid attention to what the Lord had to say through Jeremiah. No cap.
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. {by...: Heb. by the hand of the prophet}
Zedekiah hit up Jehucal and Zephaniah, asking Jeremiah to holla at God for them. Lit.
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Jeremiah was just chilling with the squad, not locked up or anything. Savage.
Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
Then Pharaoh’s army rolled out from Egypt, and when the Chaldeans caught wind, they dipped from Jerusalem. Bet.
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
The Lord slid a message to Jeremiah, saying,
Then came the word of the LORD unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
"Yo, tell the king of Judah who sent you to me: Pharaoh’s army is bouncing back to Egypt, periodt."
Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
"The Chaldeans are gonna roll back, come for this city, take it, and set it ablaze." Bussin'.
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
"Listen up, don’t kid yourselves thinking the Chaldeans will peace out on us; they’re here to stay." Fr.
Thus saith the LORD; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart. {yourselves: Heb. your souls}
"Even if you wiped out their whole crew, the Chaldeans would still show up and torch this city." Sus.
For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained {but} wounded men among them, {yet} should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire. {wounded: Heb. thrust through}
So, when the Chaldean army bounced from Jerusalem ‘cause they got shook by Pharaoh’s crew,
And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army, {broken...: Heb. made to ascend}
Jeremiah dipped out of Jerusalem to chill in Benjamin and keep away from the crowd.
Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people. {separate...: or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people}
At the Benjamin gate, a captain named Irijah called him out, saying, "You’re trying to link up with the Chaldeans!"
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward {was} there, whose name {was} Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.
Jeremiah was like, "Nah, that’s bogus; I’m not rolling with them." But Irijah wasn’t having it and took him to the princes.
Then said Jeremiah, {It is} false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. {false: Heb. falsehood, or, a lie}
The princes were heated at Jeremiah, threw hands, and locked him up in prison at Jonathan the scribe’s crib.
Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
When Jeremiah hit the dungeon and hung there for a minute,
When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days; {cabins: or, cells}
Zedekiah sent for him, asked secretly, "Got any word from the Lord?" Jeremiah said, "Yeah, you’re getting tossed to Babylon."
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there {any} word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
"What did I do to you, your squad, or this people to end up in the slammer?" Jeremiah challenged Zedekiah.
Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?
"Where are your prophets who said Babylon wouldn’t come for you or this land?"
Where {are} now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
"So, listen, my dude, king: let my case be heard; don’t send me back to Jonathan’s crib, or I’m done for there."
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. {let...: Heb. let my supplication fall}
Zedekiah told them to keep Jeremiah in the court of the prison and give him daily bread from the bakers until all the bread ran out. So, Jeremiah chilled in the court.
Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.