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Jeremiah 37:10

Verse 10 of 21. The 37th of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.

6Then the LORD’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7“The LORD, 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.

8The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire.”’

9“The LORD says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;” for they will not depart.

10For 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.’”

11When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people.

13When 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!”

14Then 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.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.