Jeremiah 37:11-13

EasyEnglish Bible

They put Jeremiah in prison

¹¹ At that time, Babylon's army had gone away from Jerusalem because Pharaoh's army was coming. ¹² So Jeremiah started to leave Jerusalem. He wanted to go to the land that belonged to Benjamin's tribe. He wanted to receive his part of the land that belonged to his family. ¹³ He was going out through the Benjamin gate of the city. Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah, stopped him. Irijah was the captain of the guards at the gate. He took hold of Jeremiah. He said, ‘You are going out of the city to join Babylon's army!’