1So King Zedekiah, son of Josiah, took over from Coniah, who Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylon king, made king in Judah. Vibes.

2But none of them—Zedekiah, his crew, or the people—listened to what the Lord told Jeremiah. No cap.

3Zedekiah hit up Jehucal and Zephaniah, asking Jeremiah to pray to God for them. Lit.

4Jeremiah was chillin’ with the people, not in prison or anything. Savage.

5Then Pharaoh's army rolled out from Egypt, and when the Chaldeans heard, they dipped from Jerusalem. Bet.

6The Lord dropped a message on Jeremiah, saying,

7"Yo, tell the king of Judah who sent you to me: Pharaoh's army is heading back to Egypt, periodt."

8"The Chaldeans are gonna roll back, fight this city, take it, and light it up." Bussin'.

9"Listen up, don’t fool yourselves saying the Chaldeans will bail on us; they’re not going anywhere." Fr.

10"Even if you took out their whole squad, the Chaldeans would still pop up and burn this city." Sus.

11So, when the Chaldean army split from Jerusalem ‘cause they were shook by Pharaoh’s crew,

12Jeremiah bounced out of Jerusalem to chill in Benjamin and separate himself from the crowd.

13At the Benjamin gate, a captain named Irijah caught him and was like, "You’re trying to join the Chaldeans!"

14Jeremiah was like, "Nah, that’s fake news; I’m not joining them." But Irijah wasn’t having it and brought him to the princes.

15The princes were mad at Jeremiah, threw hands, and tossed him in prison at Jonathan the scribe’s spot.

16When Jeremiah hit the dungeon and stayed there for a minute,

17Zedekiah sent for him, asked secretly, "Got any word from the Lord?" Jeremiah said, "Yeah, you’re getting handed over to Babylon."

18"What did I do to you, your crew, or this people to end up in prison?" Jeremiah asked Zedekiah.

19"Where are your prophets who said Babylon wouldn’t come for you or this land?"

20"So, listen, my dude, king: let my plea be heard; don’t send me back to Jonathan’s place, or I’ll die there."

21Zedekiah told them to keep Jeremiah in the court of the prison and give him daily bread from the bakers until all the bread ran out. So, Jeremiah stayed in the court.

1And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.

3And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the Lord our God for us.

4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.

5Then Pharaoh’s army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

6Then came the word of the Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

7Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.

8And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.

9Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.

10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.

11And it came to pass, that when the army of the Chaldeans was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army,

12Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people.

13And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.

14Then said Jeremiah, It is false; I fall not away to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him: so Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes.

15Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

16When Jeremiah was entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins, and Jeremiah had remained there many days;

17Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

18Moreover Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in prison?

19Where are now your prophets which prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

20Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

21Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city were spent. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.