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Jeremiah 37:20-21
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 37:20-21
International Standard Version
20 Now, please listen, your majesty,[a] and pay attention to what I’m asking you. Don’t make me go back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, so I don’t die there.”
21 So King Zedekiah gave the order, and they assigned Jeremiah to the courtyard of the guard. Each day they gave him a loaf of bread from the bakers’ street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
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- Jeremiah 37:20 Lit. my lord the king
Jeremiah 37:20-21
New International Version
Jeremiah 37:20-21
New International Version
20 But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there.”(A)
21 King Zedekiah then gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers each day until all the bread(B) in the city was gone.(C) So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.(D)
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