Jeremiah 37:11-17

New International Version

¹¹ After the Babylonian army had withdrawn^(A) from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, ¹² Jeremiah started to leave the city to go to the territory of Benjamin to get his share of the property^(B) among the people there. ¹³ But when he reached the Benjamin Gate,^(C) the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, arrested him and said, “You are deserting to the Babylonians!”^(D)

¹⁴ “That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested^(E) Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. ¹⁵ They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten^(F) and imprisoned^(G) in the house^(H) of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.

¹⁶ Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time. ¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent^(I) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked^(J) him privately,^(K) “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered^(L) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”