Jeremias 37 - Bíblia Online

Zedequias, filho de Josias, a quem Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, constituira rei na terra de Judá, reinou como rei, em lugar de Conias, filho de Jeoaquim. 
Mas nem ele, nem os seus servos, nem o povo da terra escutaram as palavras de Jeová, que ele falou pelo profeta Jeremias. 
O rei Zedequias enviou Jucal, filho de Selemias, e o sacerdote Sofonias, filho de Maaséias, a ter com o profeta Jeremias, para que lhe dissessem: Roga por nós a Jeová nosso Deus. 
Ora Jeremias entrava e saía entre o povo, pois ainda não tinha sido encarcerado. 
O exército de Faraó tinha saído do Egito; e quando os caldeus que sitiavam Jerusalém, ouviram esta nova, retiraram-se de Jerusalém. 
Veio a palavra de Jeová a Jeremias, dizendo: 
Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Ao rei de Judá, que vos enviou a mim para me consultar, assim direis: Eis que o exército de Faraó, que saiu para vos socorrer, regressará para a sua terra no Egito. 
Os caldeus voltarão e pelejarão contra esta cidade, tomá-la-ão e a incendiarão. 
Assim diz Jeová: Não vos enganeis a vós mesmos, dizendo: Certamente se retirarão de nós os caldeus; porque não se retirarão. 
Pois ainda que tivésseis derrotado todo o exército dos caldeus que pelejam contra vós e entre eles só ficassem homens feridos, contudo se levantariam, cada um na sua tenda, e incendiariam esta cidade. 
Tendo-se o exército dos caldeus retirado de Jerusalém por causa do exército de Faraó, 
Jeremias saiu de Jerusalém para ir à terra de Benjamim, a fim de receber ali a parte que lhe tocava no meio do povo. 
Estando ele na porta de Benjamim, achava-se ali um capitão da guarda, chamado Jerias, filho de Selemias, filho de Hananias. O capitão prendeu ao profeta Jeremias, dizendo: Tu estás desertando para os caldeus. 
Disse Jeremias: É falso; eu não estou desertando para os caldeus. Porém Jerias não deu ouvidos a Jeremias; pois o prendeu e o levou aos príncipes. 
Os príncipes, irados contra Jeremias, feriram-no, e meteram-no no cárcere na casa do secretário Jônatas; pois tinham feito dela cárcere. 
Tendo Jeremias entrado na masmorra e nas celas, e havendo ficado ali muitos dias; 
enviou o rei Zedequias, mandou tirá-lo, e secretamente em sua casa perguntou-lhe: Há alguma palavra da parte de Jeová? Respondeu Jeremias: Há. Também acrescentou: Nas mãos do rei de Babilônia serás entregue. 
Disse mais Jeremias ao rei Zedequias: Em que pequei contra ti, ou contra os teus servos, ou contra este povo, para que me tenhais metido no cárcere? 
Onde estão agora os vossos profetas que vos profetizavam, dizendo: Não virá o rei de Babilônia contra vós nem contra esta terra? 
Agora ouve, peço-te, ó rei, meu senhor: seja aceita a súplica que te dirijo. Não me faças voltar para a casa do secretário Jônatas, a fim de que não morra eu ali. 
Deu ordens o rei Zedequias; meteram a Jeremias no pátio da guarda, e deram-lhe cada dia um pão da rua dos padeiros até que se acabou todo o pão da cidade. Assim ficou Jeremias no pátio da guarda. 

And Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, became king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah. 
But he and his servants and the people of the land did not give ear to the words of the Lord which he said by Jeremiah the prophet. 
And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Make prayer now to the Lord our God for us. 
(Now Jeremiah was going about among the people, for they had not put him in prison. 
And Pharaoh's army had come out from Egypt: and the Chaldaeans, who were attacking Jerusalem, hearing news of them, went away from Jerusalem.) 
Then the word of the Lord came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 
The Lord, the God of Israel, has said: This is what you are to say to the king of Judah who sent you to get directions from me: See, Pharaoh's army, which has come out to your help, will go back to Egypt, to their land. 
And the Chaldaeans will come back again and make war against this town and they will take it and put it on fire. 
The Lord has said, Have no false hopes, saying to yourselves, The Chaldaeans will go away from us: for they will not go away. 
For even if you had overcome all the army of the Chaldaeans fighting against you, and there were only wounded men among them, still they would get up, every man in his tent, and put this town on fire. 
And it came about that when the Chaldaean army outside Jerusalem had gone away for fear of Pharaoh's army, 
Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, with the purpose of taking up his heritage there among the people. 
But when he was at the Benjamin door, a captain of the watch named Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, who was stationed there, put his hand on Jeremiah the prophet, saying, You are going to give yourself up to the Chaldaeans. 
Then Jeremiah said, That is not true; I am not going to the Chaldaeans. But he would not give ear to him: so Irijah made him prisoner and took him to the rulers. 
And the rulers were angry with Jeremiah, and gave him blows and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. 
So Jeremiah came into the hole of the prison, under the arches, and was there for a long time. 
Then King Zedekiah sent and got him out: and the king, questioning him secretly in his house, said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is. Then he said, You will be given up into the hands of the king of Babylon. 
Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, What has been my sin against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 
Where now are your prophets who said to you, The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land? 
And now be pleased to give ear, O my lord the king; let my prayer for help come before you, and do not make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, for fear that I may come to my death there. 
Then by the order of Zedekiah the king, Jeremiah was put into the place of the armed watchmen, and they gave him every day a cake of bread from the street of the bread-makers, till all the bread in the town was used up. So Jeremiah was kept in the place of the armed watchmen. 

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