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But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.

3-5 Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army[a] was headed in this direction.

One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah[b] to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”

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Footnotes

  1. 37.3-5 Egyptian army: Led by King Apries, also known as Hophra.
  2. 37.3-5 Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah: Hebrew “Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah.”

Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention(A) to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

King Zedekiah, however, sent(B) Jehukal(C) son of Shelemiah with the priest Zephaniah(D) son of Maaseiah to Jeremiah the prophet with this message: “Please pray(E) to the Lord our God for us.”

Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.(F)

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