Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 37:16
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So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
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¶ When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days,
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When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon-house, and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;
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Jeremiah 37
14 “That is a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not deserting to the Chaldeans!” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officials.
15 The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
16 So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and remained there a long time.
17 Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
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