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Jeremiah 40:1-3
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Jeremiah becomes free

40 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah again after Captain Nebuzaradan let him go free at Ramah. Jeremiah was with all the other people of Jerusalem and Judah that Captain Nebuzaradan was taking to Babylon. He was taking them in chains, as his prisoners. But he removed the chains from Jeremiah in Ramah.[a] 2 He said this to Jeremiah when they were alone: ‘The Lord your God warned your people that he would bring trouble to this place. 3 Now he has done that. The Lord has done what he promised to do. He sent this trouble because your people did not obey the Lord. They turned against him.

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  1. 40:1 Gedaliah had been taking care of Jeremiah in Jerusalem. But Babylon's soldiers took hold of Jeremiah together with other people of Judah. They wanted to take him to Babylon as their prisoner. We do not know how this happened. It was a mistake. Ramah was about 6 kilometres north of Jerusalem.
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