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Jeremiah · read by Ken Baird
20 verses, in order. Only the verses Ken read aloud are shown.
Jeremiah 37
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, "Please pray to the LORD our God for us!"Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for they had not yet put him in prison.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says that you are to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to Me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which has marched out to help you, will go back to its own land of Egypt.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Then the Chaldeans will return and fight against this city. They will capture it and burn it down.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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When the Chaldean army withdrew from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh's army,Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to claim his portion there among the people.Read from NASB1995 · Jeremiah 37-39
Jeremiah 38
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Then the officials said to the king, "This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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"My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city."Read from NKJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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"If I tell you," Jeremiah replied, "you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, "As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me."Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
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And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39
Jeremiah 39
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And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh year, the city was breached.Read from KJV · Jeremiah 37-39