Jeremias 37

Jeremias na prisão

1 *2Rs 24.17;1Cr 3.15;2Cr 36.10Zedequias, filho de Josias, a quem Nabucodonosor, rei de Babilônia, constituíra rei na terra de Judá, *Ez 17.12-21reinou como rei, em lugar de *Jr 22.24,28;24.1;52.31;2Rs 24.12;1Cr 3.16;2Cr 36.9-10Conias, filho de Jeoaquim. 2 Mas *2Rs 24.19-20;2Cr 36.12-16;Pv 29.12nem ele, nem os seus servos, nem o povo da terra escutaram as palavras de Jeová, que ele falou pelo profeta Jeremias.

3 O rei *Jr 21.1-2Zedequias enviou Jucal, filho de Selemias, e o sacerdote *Jr 29.25;52.24Sofonias, filho de Maaseias, a ter com o profeta Jeremias, para que lhe dissessem: *Jr 2.27;15.11;21.1-2;42.1-4,20;1Rs 13.6;At 8.24Roga por nós a Jeová nosso Deus. 4 Ora Jeremias entrava e saía entre o povo, pois ainda *Jr 37.15;Jr 32.2-3não tinha sido encarcerado. 5 O *Jr 37.7;2Rs 24.7;Ez 17.15exército de Faraó tinha saído do Egito; e quando os caldeus que sitiavam Jerusalém, ouviram esta nova, *Jr 37.11;Jr 34.21retiraram-se de Jerusalém.

6 Veio a palavra de Jeová a Jeremias, dizendo: 7 Assim diz Jeová, Deus de Israel: Ao rei de Judá, que vos enviou a mim para me consultar, *Jr 37.3;Jr 21.1-2;2Rs 22.18assim direis: Eis que *Jr 2.18,36;Is 30.1-3;31.1-3;Lm 4.17;Ez 17.17o exército de Faraó, que saiu para vos socorrer, regressará para a sua terra no Egito. 8 Os caldeus *Jr 34.22;38.23;39.2-8voltarão e pelejarão contra esta cidade, tomá-la-ão e a incendiarão. 9 Assim diz Jeová: *Jr 29.8;Ob 3;Mt 24.4-5;Ef 5.6Não vos enganeis a vós mesmos, dizendo: Certamente se retirarão de nós os caldeus; porque não se retirarão. 10 Pois *Lv 26.36-38;Is 30.17ainda que tivésseis derrotado todo o exército dos caldeus que pelejam contra vós e entre eles só ficassem homens feridos, contudo *Jl 2.11se levantariam, cada um na sua tenda, *Jr 37.8e incendiariam esta cidade.

11 Tendo-se o exército dos caldeus *Jr 37.5retirado de Jerusalém por causa do exército de Faraó, 12 Jeremias saiu de Jerusalém para ir à terra de Benjamim, a fim de receber ali *Jr 32.8;1Rs 19.3,9;Mt 10.23;At 17.10,14a parte que lhe tocava no meio do povo. 13 Estando ele na *Jr 38.7;Zc 14.10porta de Benjamim, achava-se ali um capitão da guarda, chamado Jerias, filho de Selemias, filho de Hananias. O capitão prendeu ao profeta Jeremias, dizendo: Tu *Jr 18.18;20.10;Am 7.10;Lc 23.2;At 6.11;24.5-9,13estás desertando para os caldeus. 14 Disse Jeremias: É *Jr 40.4-6;Sl 27.12;52.1-2;Mt 5.11-12falso; eu não estou desertando para os caldeus. Porém Jerias não deu ouvidos a Jeremias; pois o prendeu e o levou aos príncipes. 15 Os príncipes, *Jr 18.23;20.1-3;26.16;Mt 21.35irados contra Jeremias, feriram-no, *Gn 39.20;2Cr 16.10;18.26;At 5.18e meteram-no no cárcere na casa do *Jr 37.20secretário Jônatas; pois tinham feito dela cárcere.

Jeremias é visitado por Zedequias

16 Tendo Jeremias entrado na masmorra e nas celas, e havendo ficado ali muitos dias; 17 enviou o rei Zedequias, mandou tirá-lo, e secretamente em sua casa *Jr 38.5,14-16,24-27;1Rs 14.1-4perguntou-lhe: Há alguma *Jr 37.3;Jr 15.11;21.1-2;1Rs 22.15-16;2Rs 3.11-13palavra da parte de Jeová? Respondeu Jeremias: Há. Também acrescentou: Nas mãos do rei de Babilônia *Jr 21.7;24.8;Ez 12.12-13;17.19-21serás entregue. 18 Disse mais Jeremias ao rei Zedequias: Em que pequei contra ti, ou contra os teus servos, ou contra este povo, para que me tenhais metido no cárcere? 19 *1Sm 24.9;26.18;Dn 6.22;Jo 10.32;At 25.8,11,25Onde estão agora os vossos profetas que vos profetizavam, dizendo: Não virá *Jr 2.28;Dt 32.37-38;2Rs 3.13o rei de Babilônia contra vós nem contra esta terra? 20 Agora ouve, peço-te, ó rei, meu senhor: seja aceita a *Jr 6.14;8.11;14.13;27.14;28.1-4,10-17;29.31súplica que te dirijo. Não me faças voltar para a casa do secretário Jônatas, a fim de que *Jr 36.7;38.26não morra eu ali. 21 Deu ordens o rei *Jr 37.15;Jr 18.23;26.15Zedequias; *Jr 32.2-3meteram a Jeremias no *Jr 32.2,8;38.13,28pátio da guarda, e deram-lhe cada dia um *Jó 5.20;Sl 33.18-19;Is 33.16pão da rua dos padeiros até que *Jr 38.9;52.6;2Rs 25.3se acabou todo o pão da cidade. *Jr 39.14-15Assim ficou Jeremias no pátio da guarda.

1 Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. 2 But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

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

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people, for they had not put him into prison. 5 Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they withdrew from Jerusalem.

6 Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 7 "Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, ‘You shall tell the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me: "Behold, Pharaoh’s army, which has come out to help you, will return to Egypt into their own land. 8 The Chaldeans will come again, and fight against this city. They will take it and burn it with fire."’

9 "Yahweh says, ‘Don’t deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely depart from us;" for they will not depart. 10 For though you had struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and only wounded men remained among them, they would each rise up in his tent and burn this city with fire.’"

11 When the army of the Chaldeans had withdrawn from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, 12 then Jeremiah went out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to receive his portion there, in the middle of the people. 13 When he was in Benjamin’s gate, a captain of the guard was there, whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are defecting to the Chaldeans!"

14 Then Jeremiah said, "That is false! I am not defecting to the Chaldeans."

But he didn’t listen to him; so Irijah seized Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. 15 The princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe; for they had made that the prison.

16 When Jeremiah had come into the dungeon house and into the cells, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, 17 then Zedekiah the king sent and had him brought out. The king asked him secretly in his house, "Is there any word from Yahweh?"

Jeremiah said, "There is." He also said, "You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

18 Moreover Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Now where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you, nor against this land’? 20 Now please hear, my lord the king: please let my supplication be presented before you, that you not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there."

21 Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard. They gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was gone. Thus Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.