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that Jeremiah left Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin in order to ^(C1)take ^(F1)possession of some property there among the people.

While he was at the ^(C1)Gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah the son of Hananiah was there; and he ^(C2)arrested Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans!"

But Jeremiah said, "^(C1)A lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans"; yet he would not listen to him. So Irijah arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.

Then the officials were ^(C1)angry at Jeremiah and they beat him, and ^(C2)put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made it into the prison.

For Jeremiah had come into the ^(F1)(C1)dungeon, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

Now King Zedekiah sent men and took him out; and in his palace the king ^(C1)secretly asked him and said, "Is there a ^(C2)word from the LORD?" And Jeremiah said, "There is!" Then he said, "You will be ^(C3)handed over to the king of Babylon!"

Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "^(C1)In what way have I sinned against you, or your servants, or this people, that you have put me in prison?

"And ^(C1)where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The ^(C2)king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land'?

"But now, please listen, my lord the king; please let my ^(C1)plea ^(F1)come before you and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so that I will not die there."

Then King Zedekiah gave a command, and they placed Jeremiah in custody in the ^(C1)courtyard of the guardhouse, and gave him a loaf of ^(C2)bread daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread in the city was ^(C3)gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guardhouse.