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14 And Jeremiah said, “That is a lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But he would not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 And the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they struck him. And they put him in prison,[a] in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for they had converted it to the prison[b]. 16 So Jeremiah came to the dungeon[c], even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:15 Literally “the house of the fetters”
  2. Jeremiah 37:15 Literally “house of the imprisonment”
  3. Jeremiah 37:16 Literally “house of the cistern”

14 “That’s not true!” Jeremiah said. “I am not deserting to the Babylonians.” But Irijah would not listen to him; instead, he arrested(A) Jeremiah and brought him to the officials. 15 They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten(B) and imprisoned(C) in the house(D) of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.

16 Jeremiah was put into a vaulted cell in a dungeon, where he remained a long time.

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