shall lie thrown down in the heat of the day, and in the frost of the night.

And I will punish him, and his seed, and his servants, for their iniquity. And I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon them that are in Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they will not obey.

Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe. And he wrote therein out of the mouth of Jeremiah all the words that were in the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned with fire: and upon them were many more words than those.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 37
Jeremiah is beaten and imprisoned.

And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Jechaniah the son of Jehoiakim: for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made him king in the land of Judah.

But he, and his servants, and the people of the land, hearkened not unto the words of the LORD, which he spake by Jeremiah the prophet.

And Zedekiah the king sent Juchal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Pray unto the LORD our God for us.

For now Jeremiah went out and in among the people, and no man put him in prison.

So Pharaoh’s army was come out of Egypt, and the Chaldeans that were before Jerusalem, when they heard the rumour, departed from Jerusalem.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, saying: 7. Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Thus say ye unto the king of Judah, which sent you unto me to inquire of me, Behold, the army of Pharaoh, which went out to help you, shall return into Egypt,

And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against that city, and win it, and burn it with fire.

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Deceive not your souls, that ye think the Chaldeans will depart from us. They shall not depart.

And if ye smite all the army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and if there remain any wounded, they will arise every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

And when the army of the Chaldeans was departed from Jerusalem for Pharaoh’s army’s sake, 12. Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem, and would go into the land of Benjamin, to till the ground among the people.

And when he was come under the gate of Benjamin, there was one appointed keeper of the gate, whose name was Jena, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah: and he took hold of Jeremiah the prophet, and said, Thou wilt fall unto the Chaldeans.

And Jeremiah said, It is not true; I will not fall to the Chaldeans. But Jeriah would not hear him, but took Jeremiah, and brought him unto the princes.

And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and cast him into prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, whom they made a jailer.

So Jeremiah went into the pit and dungeon, and lay there a long time.

And Zedekiah the king sent and fetched him, and asked him secretly in his house, saying: Is there also a word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, Yea; for thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I sinned against thee, and against thy servants, and against this people, that they have cast me into prison?

Where then are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying: The king of Babylon shall not come upon you, nor upon this land?

And now, my lord king, hear me, and let my petition be accepted before thee, and let me not be brought again into Jonathan the scribe’s house, that I die not there.

And king Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah should be kept in the court of the prison, and gave him a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street every day, until all the bread in the city was consumed. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 38
Jeremiah is thrown into a pit, rescued from it, and challenged by the king to a secret interview.

And Shaphatiah the son of Mathan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Juchal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words which Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying:

Thus saith the LORD; He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out to the Chaldeans shall live, and shall carry away his life as a prey.

For thus saith the LORD, This city shall be delivered unto the army of the king of Babylon, and they shall recover it.

Then said the princes unto the king: Let this man be put to death: for by this manner he turneth away the men of war that are left in this city, and all the people also, because he saith such words unto them. For this man seeks not peace for this people, but disaster.

And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hands: for the king can do nothing against you.

And they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah the son of Hamelech, which was in the court of the prison, and let him down by ropes into the pit, where was no water, but mire. And Jeremiah sank into the mire.

And when Ebed-melech the Moor, a chamberlain of the king’s house, heard that Jeremiah was cast into the pit, the king sat in the gate of Benjamin,

And Ebed-melech went out of the king’s house, and spake unto the king, and said: 9. O my lord the king, men have dealt wickedly with Jeremiah the prophet, because they have cast him into the pit, and he shall die of hunger: for there is no bread left in the city.

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Moor, saying, Take with thee thirty men of these, and draw Jeremiah the prophet out of the pit, before he die.

And Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the king’s house under the treasury, and took there old rags that were torn and worn, and let them down by a cord unto Jeremiah into the pit.

And Ebed-melech the Moor said unto Jeremiah, Put these torn and worn old rags under thine armpits about the rope. And Jeremiah did so.

And they drew Jeremiah up out of the pit by the cords. And so Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

And king Zedekiah sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him, unto the third entry of the house of the LORD. And the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a question; but, my lord, do not hinder me.

And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I tell thee anything, thou shalt kill me: but if I give thee counsel, thou shalt not hearken unto me.

Then king Zedekiah sware unto Jeremiah privily, saying, As the LORD liveth, which hath made this soul for us, I will not slay thee, nor give thee into the hand of men that seek thy life.

And Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou go out unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then thou shalt live; and this city shall not be burned, but thou shalt live, thou, and thy house.

But if thou wilt not go out unto the princes of the king of Babylon, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire; neither shalt thou escape out of their hand.

And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid that I may be delivered unto the Jews which are fallen among the Chaldeans, that they may mock me.

And Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee up. But obey the voice of the LORD, which I say unto thee, and it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt live.

But if thou wilt not go forth, this is the word which the LORD hath shewed me: 22. Behold, all the women that are left in the house of the king of Judah shall go out unto the princes of the king of Babylon. And they shall say, Alas, thy comforters have persuaded thee, and deceived thee, and led thee into the mire, and have left thee in the lurch!

So then all thy wives and thy children shall go out to the Chaldeans, and thou thyself shalt not escape their hand; but thou shalt be taken by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned with fire.

And Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, See that no man know this saying, and thou shalt not die.

And if the princes know that I have spoken unto thee, and come unto thee, saying, Declare thou what thou hast spoken unto the king, and deny us not, we will not kill thee: and what hath the king spoken unto thee?

Then say, I have prayed the king that he would not suffer me to return to Jonathan’s house, and that I should die there.

Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them as the king
commanded him. And they left him, because they knew nothing.

And Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 39
Jerusalem is conquered, Zedekiah is captured, Jeremiah and Ebed-Melech are preserved.

And it came to pass, that Jerusalem was taken. For in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his host