Jeremiah 37:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ When Jeremiah got to the Benjamin Gate [38:7; Ezek. 48:32; Zech 14:10] of Jerusalem, the captain in charge of the guards arrested him. The captain’s name was Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah. Irijah said, “You are ·leaving us to join the Babylonians [deserting/defecting/^Lfalling to the Chaldeans]!”

¹⁴ But Jeremiah said to Irijah, “·That’s not true [False; Lies]! I am not ·leaving to join the Babylonians [deserting/defecting/^Lfalling to the Chaldeans].” Irijah refused to listen to Jeremiah, so he arrested Jeremiah and took him to the officers of Jerusalem. ¹⁵ Those ·rulers [^Lofficers] were very angry with Jeremiah and ·beat [^Lstruck] him. Then they put him in ·jail [^Lhouse of confinement] in the house of Jonathan the ·royal secretary [scribe], which had been made into a prison [^Lhouse of confinement].