## Jeremiah Chapter 37

###### Jeremiah 37:1
[Jeremiah 37:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:1)

וַיִּ֨מְלׇךְ־מֶ֔לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ תַּ֗חַת כָּנְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־יְה֣וֹיָקִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הִמְלִ֛יךְ נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל בְּאֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And king Żidqiyyahu the son of Yoshiyyahu reigned instead of Konyahu the son of Yehoyaqim, whom Nevukhadreżżar king of Bavel made king in the land of Yehuda.


###### Jeremiah 37:2
[Jeremiah 37:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:2)

וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֛ע ה֥וּא וַעֲבָדָ֖יו וְעַ֣ם הָאָ֑רֶץ אֶל־דִּבְרֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֶּ֔ר בְּיַ֖ד יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִֽיא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, hearkened to the words of the Lord, which he spoke by the prophet Yirmeyahu.


###### Jeremiah 37:3
[Jeremiah 37:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:3)

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ אֶת־יְהוּכַ֣ל בֶּן־שֶׁלֶמְיָ֗ה וְאֶת־צְפַנְיָ֤הוּ בֶן־מַעֲשֵׂיָה֙ הַכֹּהֵ֔ן אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹ֑ר הִתְפַּלֶּל־נָ֣א בַעֲדֵ֔נוּ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And Żidqiyyahu the king sent Yehukhal the son of Shelemya and Żefanyahu the son of Ma῾aseya the priest to the prophet Yirmeyahu, saying, Pray for us to the Lord our God.


###### Jeremiah 37:4
[Jeremiah 37:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:4)

וְיִרְמְיָ֕הוּ בָּ֥א וְיֹצֵ֖א בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעָ֑ם וְלֹא־נָתְנ֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בֵּ֥ית (הכליא) [הַכְּלֽוּא]׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now Yirmeyahu came in and went out among the people: for they had not put him into prison.


###### Jeremiah 37:5
[Jeremiah 37:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:5)

וְחֵ֥יל פַּרְעֹ֖ה יָצָ֣א מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וַיִּשְׁמְע֨וּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֜ים הַצָּרִ֤ים עַל־יְרוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ אֶת־שִׁמְעָ֔ם וַיֵּ֣עָל֔וּ מֵעַ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Par῾o’s army was come out of Miżrayim: and when the Kasdim that besieged Yerushalayim heard tidings of them, they departed from Yerushalayim.


###### Jeremiah 37:6
[Jeremiah 37:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:6)

וַֽיְהִי֙ דְּבַר־יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־יִרְמְיָ֥הוּ הַנָּבִ֖יא לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then came the word of the Lord to the prophet Yirmeyahu saying,


###### Jeremiah 37:7
[Jeremiah 37:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:7)

כֹּה־אָמַ֤ר יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כֹּ֤ה תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה הַשֹּׁלֵ֧חַ אֶתְכֶ֛ם אֵלַ֖י לְדׇרְשֵׁ֑נִי הִנֵּ֣ה**׀** חֵ֣יל פַּרְעֹ֗ה הַיֹּצֵ֤א לָכֶם֙ לְעֶזְרָ֔ה שָׁ֥ב לְאַרְצ֖וֹ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el; Thus shall you say to the king of Yehuda, that sent you to me to inquire of me; Behold, Par῾o’s army, which is come out to help you, shall return to Miżrayim into their own land.


###### Jeremiah 37:8
[Jeremiah 37:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:8)

וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְנִלְחֲמ֖וּ עַל־הָעִ֣יר הַזֹּ֑את וּלְכָדֻ֖הָ וּשְׂרָפֻ֥הָ בָאֵֽשׁ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Kasdim shall come back, and fight against this city, and take it, and burn it with fire.


###### Jeremiah 37:9
[Jeremiah 37:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:9)

כֹּ֣ה**׀** אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה אַל־תַּשִּׁ֤אוּ נַפְשֹֽׁתֵיכֶם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הָלֹ֛ךְ יֵלְכ֥וּ מֵעָלֵ֖ינוּ הַכַּשְׂדִּ֑ים כִּי־לֹ֖א יֵלֵֽכוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord; Do not deceive yourselves, saying, The Kasdim shall surely depart from us: for they shall not depart.


###### Jeremiah 37:10
[Jeremiah 37:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:10)

כִּ֣י אִם־הִכִּיתֶ֞ם כׇּל־חֵ֤יל כַּשְׂדִּים֙ הַנִּלְחָמִ֣ים אִתְּכֶ֔ם וְנִ֨שְׁאֲרוּ־בָ֔ם אֲנָשִׁ֖ים מְדֻקָּרִ֑ים אִ֤ישׁ בְּאׇֽהֳלוֹ֙ יָק֔וּמוּ וְשָׂ֥רְפ֛וּ אֶת־הָעִ֥יר הַזֹּ֖את בָּאֵֽשׁ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For even if you had smitten the whole army of the Kasdim that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.


###### Jeremiah 37:11
[Jeremiah 37:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:11)

וְהָיָ֗ה בְּהֵעָלוֹת֙ חֵ֣יל הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים מֵעַ֖ל יְרוּשָׁלָ֑͏ִם מִפְּנֵ֖י חֵ֥יל פַּרְעֹֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it came to pass that when the army of the Kasdim had withdrawn from Yerushalayim for fear of Par῾o’s army,


###### Jeremiah 37:12
[Jeremiah 37:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:12)

וַיֵּצֵ֤א יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ מִיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם לָלֶ֖כֶת אֶ֣רֶץ בִּנְיָמִ֑ן לַחֲלִ֥ק מִשָּׁ֖ם בְּת֥וֹךְ הָעָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then Yirmeyahu went out of Yerushalayim to go into the land of Binyamin, to slip out from these amongst the people.


###### Jeremiah 37:13
[Jeremiah 37:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:13)

וַֽיְהִי־ה֞וּא בְּשַׁ֣עַר בִּנְיָמִ֗ן וְשָׁם֙ בַּ֣עַל פְּקִדֻ֔ת וּשְׁמוֹ֙ יִרְאִיָּ֔יה בֶּן־שֶׁלֶמְיָ֖ה בֶּן־חֲנַנְיָ֑ה וַיִּתְפֹּ֞שׂ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֤הוּ הַנָּבִיא֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֖ים אַתָּ֥ה נֹפֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when he was in the gate of Binyamin, a sentry was there, whose name was Yeriyya, the son of Shelemya, the son of Ḥananya; and he seized Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying, Thou art deserting to the Kasdim.


###### Jeremiah 37:14
[Jeremiah 37:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:14)

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ שֶׁ֗קֶר אֵינֶ֤נִּי נֹפֵל֙ עַל־הַכַּשְׂדִּ֔ים וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֵלָ֑יו וַיִּתְפֹּ֤שׂ יִרְאִיָּיה֙ בְּיִרְמְיָ֔הוּ וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַשָּׂרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Yirmeyahu said, It is false; I am not deserting to the Kasdim. But he did not hearken to him: so Yeriyya seized Yirmeyahu, and brought him to the princes.


###### Jeremiah 37:15
[Jeremiah 37:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:15)

וַיִּקְצְפ֧וּ הַשָּׂרִ֛ים עַֽל־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ וְהִכּ֣וּ אֹת֑וֹ וְנָתְנ֨וּ אוֹת֜וֹ בֵּ֣ית הָאֵס֗וּר בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר כִּי־אֹת֥וֹ עָשׂ֖וּ לְבֵ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
So the princes were angry with Yirmeyahu, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Yehonatan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.


###### Jeremiah 37:16
[Jeremiah 37:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:16)

כִּ֣י בָ֧א יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַבּ֖וֹר וְאֶל־הַחֲנֻי֑וֹת וַיֵּשֶׁב־שָׁ֥ם יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ יָמִ֥ים רַבִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When Yirmeyahu was entered into the pit, and into the cells, and Yirmeyahu had remained there many days;


###### Jeremiah 37:17
[Jeremiah 37:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:17)

וַיִּשְׁלַח֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ וַיִּקָּחֵ֗הוּ וַיִּשְׁאָלֵ֨הוּ הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ בְּבֵיתוֹ֙ בַּסֵּ֔תֶר וַיֹּ֕אמֶר הֲיֵ֥שׁ דָּבָ֖ר מֵאֵ֣ת יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֙הוּ֙ יֵ֔שׁ וַיֹּ֕אמֶר בְּיַ֥ד מֶלֶךְ־בָּבֶ֖ל תִּנָּתֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then Żidqiyyahu the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Yirmeyahu said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Bavel.


###### Jeremiah 37:18
[Jeremiah 37:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:18)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּ מֶה֩ חָטָ֨אתִֽי לְךָ֤ וְלַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וְלָעָ֣ם הַזֶּ֔ה כִּֽי־נְתַתֶּ֥ם אוֹתִ֖י אֶל־בֵּ֥ית הַכֶּֽלֶא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover Yirmeyahu said to king Żidqiyyahu, How have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?


###### Jeremiah 37:19
[Jeremiah 37:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:19)

(ואיו) [וְאַיֵּה֙] נְבִ֣יאֵיכֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁר־נִבְּא֥וּ לָכֶ֖ם לֵאמֹ֑ר לֹא־יָבֹ֤א מֶֽלֶךְ־בָּבֶל֙ עֲלֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַ֖ל הָאָ֥רֶץ הַזֹּֽאת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Bavel shall not come against you, nor against this land?


###### Jeremiah 37:20
[Jeremiah 37:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:20)

וְעַתָּ֕ה שְֽׁמַֽע־נָ֖א אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ תִּפׇּל־נָ֤א תְחִנָּתִי֙ לְפָנֶ֔יךָ וְאַל־תְּשִׁבֵ֗נִי בֵּ֚ית יְהוֹנָתָ֣ן הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א אָמ֖וּת שָֽׁם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Yehonatan the scribe, lest I die there.


###### Jeremiah 37:21
[Jeremiah 37:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/37:21)

וַיְצַוֶּ֞ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּפְקִ֣דוּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֘הוּ֮ בַּחֲצַ֣ר הַמַּטָּרָה֒ וְנָתֹן֩ ל֨וֹ כִכַּר־לֶ֤חֶם לַיּוֹם֙ מִח֣וּץ הָאֹפִ֔ים עַד־תֹּ֥ם כׇּל־הַלֶּ֖חֶם מִן־הָעִ֑יר וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּחֲצַ֖ר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then Żidqiyyahu the king commanded that they should commit Yirmeyahu to the court of the guard, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Yirmeyahu remained in the court of the guard.