Jeremiah 37:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land. ¹³ I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah,^[a] the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, “Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians.”

¹⁴ “I'm not trying to join them!” I answered. But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took me to the king's officials.