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World English Bible

Jeremiah 37 (WEBP)

[1] Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
[2] But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
[3] Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison.
[5] Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.
[6] Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] “Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: “Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land.
[8] The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’
[9] “Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart.
[10] For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’”
[11] When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
[12] then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.
[13] When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are defecting to the Chaldeans!”
[14] Then Jeremiah said, “That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans.” But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.
[15] The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.
[16] When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
[17] then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, “Is there any word from Yahweh?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” He also said, “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
[18] Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?
[19] Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’?
[20] Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
[21] Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 37 (KJVS)

[1] 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.
[2] 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.
[3] 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.
[4] Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.
[5] 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.
[6] Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,
[7] 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.
[8] And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
[9] Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.
[10] 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.
[11] And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,
[12] then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.
[13] 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.
[14] 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.
[15] 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.
[16] When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
[17] 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.
[18] 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?
[19] Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?
[20] 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.
[21] 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.

Jeremiah 37:2 Heb. by the hand of the prophet
Jeremiah 37:9 Heb. souls
Jeremiah 37:10 Heb. thrust through
Jeremiah 37:11 Heb. made to ascend
Jeremiah 37:12 Or, to slip away from thence in the midst of the people
Jeremiah 37:14 Heb. falsehood or lie
Jeremiah 37:16 Or, cells
Jeremiah 37:20 Heb. let my supplication fall

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 37 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐβασίλευσεν () Σεδεκιας υἱὸς () Ιωσια ἀντὶ () Ιωακιμ, ὃν () ἐβασίλευσεν () Ναβουχοδονοσορ βασιλεύειν () τοῦ () Ιουδα·
[2] καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσεν () αὐτὸς () καὶ () οἱ () παῖδες () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ὁ () λαὸς () τῆς () γῆς () τοὺς () λόγους () κυρίου, () οὓς () ἐλάλησεν () ἐν () χειρὶ () Ιερεμιου. () —
[3] καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () Σεδεκιας τὸν () Ιωαχαλ υἱὸν () Σελεμιου καὶ () τὸν () Σοφονιαν υἱὸν () Μαασαιου τὸν () ἱερέα () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () λέγων () Πρόσευξαι () δὴ () περὶ () ἡμῶν () πρὸς () κύριον. ()
[4] Καὶ () Ιερεμιας () ἦλθεν () καὶ () διῆλθεν () διὰ () μέσου () τῆς () πόλεως, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔδωκαν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () οἶκον () τῆς () φυλακῆς. ()
[5] Καὶ () δύναμις () Φαραω () ἐξῆλθεν () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () ἤκουσαν () οἱ () Χαλδαῖοι () τὴν () ἀκοὴν () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἀνέβησαν () ἀπὸ () Ιερουσαλημ. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () λόγος () κυρίου () πρὸς () Ιερεμιαν () λέγων ()
[7] Οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Οὕτως () ἐρεῖς () πρὸς () βασιλέα () Ιουδα τὸν () ἀποστείλαντα () πρὸς () σὲ () τοῦ () ἐκζητῆσαί () με () Ἰδοὺ () δύναμις () Φαραω () ἡ () ἐξελθοῦσα () ὑμῖν () εἰς () βοήθειαν () ἀποστρέψουσιν () εἰς () γῆν () Αἰγύπτου, ()
[8] καὶ () ἀναστρέψουσιν () αὐτοὶ () οἱ () Χαλδαῖοι () καὶ () πολεμήσουσιν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () πόλιν () ταύτην () καὶ () συλλήμψονται () αὐτὴν () καὶ () καύσουσιν () αὐτὴν () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[9] Ὅτι () οὕτως () εἶπεν () κύριος () Μὴ () ὑπολάβητε () ταῖς () ψυχαῖς () ὑμῶν () λέγοντες () Ἀποτρέχοντες ἀπελεύσονται () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν () οἱ () Χαλδαῖοι, () ὅτι () οὐ () μὴ () ἀπέλθωσιν· ()
[10] καὶ () ἐὰν () πατάξητε () πᾶσαν () δύναμιν () τῶν () Χαλδαίων () τοὺς () πολεμοῦντας () ὑμᾶς () καὶ () καταλειφθῶσίν () τινες () ἐκκεκεντημένοι () ἕκαστος () ἐν () τῷ () τόπῳ () αὐτοῦ, () οὗτοι () ἀναστήσονται () καὶ () καύσουσιν () τὴν () πόλιν () ταύτην () ἐν () πυρί. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () ὅτε () ἀνέβη () ἡ () δύναμις () τῶν () Χαλδαίων () ἀπὸ () Ιερουσαλημ () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () δυνάμεως () Φαραω, ()
[12] ἐξῆλθεν () Ιερεμιας () ἀπὸ () Ιερουσαλημ () τοῦ () πορευθῆναι () εἰς () γῆν () Βενιαμιν () τοῦ () ἀγοράσαι () ἐκεῖθεν () ἐν () μέσῳ () τοῦ () λαοῦ. ()
[13] Καὶ () ἐγένετο () αὐτὸς () ἐν () πύλῃ () Βενιαμιν, () καὶ () ἐκεῖ () ἄνθρωπος, () παρ’ () ᾧ () κατέλυεν, () Σαρουιας υἱὸς () Σελεμιου υἱοῦ () Ανανιου, () καὶ () συνέλαβεν () τὸν () Ιερεμιαν () λέγων () Πρὸς () τοὺς () Χαλδαίους () σὺ () φεύγεις. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ψεῦδος· () οὐκ () εἰς () τοὺς () Χαλδαίους () ἐγὼ () φεύγω. () Καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσεν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () συνέλαβεν () Σαρουιας τὸν () Ιερεμιαν () καὶ () εἰσήγαγεν () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () τοὺς () ἄρχοντας. ()
[15] Καὶ () ἐπικράνθησαν () οἱ () ἄρχοντες () ἐπὶ () Ιερεμιαν () καὶ () ἐπάταξαν () αὐτὸν () καὶ () ἀπέστειλαν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὴν () οἰκίαν () Ιωναθαν τοῦ () γραμματέως, () ὅτι () ταύτην () ἐποίησαν () εἰς () οἰκίαν () φυλακῆς. ()
[16] Καὶ () ἦλθεν () Ιερεμιας () εἰς () οἰκίαν () τοῦ () λάκκου καὶ () εἰς () τὴν () χερεθ καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () ἐκεῖ () ἡμέρας () πολλάς. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἀπέστειλεν () Σεδεκιας καὶ () ἐκάλεσεν () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἠρώτα () αὐτὸν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () κρυφαίως εἰπεῖν () εἰ () ἔστιν () λόγος () παρὰ () κυρίου, () καὶ () εἶπεν () Ἔστιν· () εἰς () χεῖρας () βασιλέως () Βαβυλῶνος () παραδοθήσῃ. ()
[18] Καὶ () εἶπεν () Ιερεμιας () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () Τί () ἠδίκησά () σε () καὶ () τοὺς () παῖδάς () σου () καὶ () τὸν () λαὸν () τοῦτον, () ὅτι () σὺ () δίδως () με () εἰς () οἰκίαν () φυλακῆς; ()
[19] Καὶ () ποῦ () εἰσιν () οἱ () προφῆται () ὑμῶν () οἱ () προφητεύσαντες () ὑμῖν () λέγοντες () ὅτι () Οὐ () μὴ () ἔλθῃ () βασιλεὺς () Βαβυλῶνος () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () ταύτην; ()
[20] Καὶ () νῦν, () κύριε () βασιλεῦ, () πεσέτω () τὸ () ἔλεός () μου () κατὰ () πρόσωπόν () σου, () καὶ () τί () ἀποστρέφεις () με () εἰς () οἰκίαν () Ιωναθαν τοῦ () γραμματέως () καὶ () οὐ () μὴ () ἀποθάνω () ἐκεῖ; ()
[21] Καὶ () συνέταξεν () ὁ () βασιλεὺς () καὶ () ἐνεβάλοσαν () αὐτὸν () εἰς () οἰκίαν () τῆς () φυλακῆς () καὶ () ἐδίδοσαν () αὐτῷ () ἄρτον () ἕνα () τῆς () ἡμέρας () ἔξωθεν () οὗ () πέσσουσιν, ἕως () ἐξέλιπον () οἱ () ἄρτοι () ἐκ () τῆς () πόλεως· () καὶ () ἐκάθισεν () Ιερεμιας () ἐν () τῇ () αὐλῇ () τῆς () φυλακῆς. ()

Jeremiah 37:1 Originally verse 44:1.
Jeremiah 37:2 Originally verse 44:2.
Jeremiah 37:3 Originally verse 44:3.
Jeremiah 37:4 Originally verse 44:4.
Jeremiah 37:5 Originally verse 44:5.
Jeremiah 37:6 Originally verse 44:6.
Jeremiah 37:7 Originally verse 44:7.
Jeremiah 37:8 Originally verse 44:8.
Jeremiah 37:9 Originally verse 44:9.
Jeremiah 37:10 Originally verse 44:10.
Jeremiah 37:11 Originally verse 44:11.
Jeremiah 37:12 Originally verse 44:12.
Jeremiah 37:13 Originally verse 44:13.
Jeremiah 37:14 Originally verse 44:14.
Jeremiah 37:15 Originally verse 44:15.
Jeremiah 37:16 Originally verse 44:16.
Jeremiah 37:17 Originally verse 44:17.
Jeremiah 37:18 Originally verse 44:18.
Jeremiah 37:19 Originally verse 44:19.
Jeremiah 37:20 Originally verse 44:20.
Jeremiah 37:21 Originally verse 44:21.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.