² Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the ^(A)court of the guard, which was in the house of the king of Judah,

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33 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still ^[a](A)confined in the court of the guard, saying,

²³ Are they ^(A)servants of Christ?—I speak as if insane—I more so; in ^[a](B)far more labors, in ^[b](C)far more imprisonments, ^[c](D)beaten times without number, often in ^(E)danger of death.