Verse 20
Jeremiah 37:20
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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Then king Sedecias commanded that Jeremias should be committed into the entry of the prison: and that they should give him daily a piece of bread, beside broth, till all the bread in the city were spent: and Jeremias remained in the entry of the prison.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣/י הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ תִּפָּל נָ֤א תְחִנָּתִ/י֙ לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ וְ/אַל תְּשִׁבֵ֗/נִי בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַ/סֹּפֵ֔ר וְ/לֹ֥א אָמ֖וּת שָֽׁם
English Translation
And now, please listen, my lord, the king; please do not turn away my plea from you, and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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Chapter 37 Context
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Now king Sedecias the son of Josias reigned instead of Jechonias the son of Joakim: whom Nabuchodono...
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But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land did obey the words of the Lord, that he...
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And king Sedecias sent Juchal the son of Selemias, and Sophonias the son of Maasias the priest to Je...
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Now Jeremias walked freely in the midst of the people r for they had not as yet cast him into prison...
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And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, saying:
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Thus saith the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Juda, who sent you...
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And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.
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Thus saith the Lord: Deceive not your souls, saying: The Chaldeans shall surely depart and go away f...
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But if you should even beat al: the army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there should b...
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Now when the army of the Chaldeans was gone away from Jerusalem, because of Pharao's army,
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Jeremias went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin: and to divide a possession the...
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And when he was come to the gate of Benjamin, the captain of the gate, who I was there in his turn,...
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And Jeremias answered: It is not so, I am not fleeing to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him:...
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14
Wherefore the princes were angry with Jeremias, and they beat him, and cast him into the prison that...
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So Jeremias went into the house of the prison, and into the dungeon: and Jeremias remained there man...
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Then Sedecias the king, sending, took him: and asked him secretly in his house, and said: Is there,...
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And Jeremias said to king Sedecias: In what have I offended against thee, or thy servants, or thy pe...
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Where are your prophets that prophesied to you, and said: The king of Babylon shall not come against...
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Now therefore hear, I beseech thee, my lord the king: let my petition be accepted in thy sight: and...
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Then king Sedecias commanded that Jeremias should be committed into the entry of the prison: and tha...