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SEdechias ye sonne of Iosias (which [ A] was made kynge thorow Nabucho¦donosor kynge of Babilon) reigned in the londe of Iuda, in the steade off Iecho¦nias the sonne of Ioachim. But nether he, ner his seruauntes, ner the people in the lōde wolde obeye the wordes of ye LORDE, which he spake by the prophet Ieremy. Neuerthe∣les Sedechias the kynge sent Iuchal the son¦ne of Selamia and Sophonias the sonne of Maasia the prest to the prophet Ieremy, sa¦yenge:
O praye thou vnto the LORDE oure God for vs. Now Ieremy walked fre amon¦ge the people at that tyme, and was not put in preson as yet. Pharaos hooste also was come out of Egipte: which when the Calde¦es that beseged Ierusalem, perceaued, they departed from thence.
Then came the worde of the LORDE vn∣to Ieremy the prophet, sayēge: Thus saieth ye LORDE God of Israel, This answere shal [ B] ye geue to the kynge of Iuda, that sent you vnto me for councell: Beholde, Pharaos ho∣oste which is come forth to helpe you, shall returne to Egipte in to his owne londe: But the Caldees shall come agayne, & fight aga∣ynst this cite, wynne it, and set fyre vpon it. For thus saieth the LORDE: disceaue not yor owne myndes, thinkynge on this maner: Tush, the Caldees go now their waye from vs: No, they shall not go their waye. For though ye had slayne the whole hooste off the Caldees▪ that besege you, and euery one of the slayne laye in his tent, yet shulde they stonde vp, and set fyre vpon this cite. Now whē the hooste of the Caldees was brokē vp from Ierusalē for feare of the Egipcians ar¦mye, Ieremy went out of Ierusalē towarde the lōde of Ben Iamin, to do certayne busy∣nesse [ C] there amōge ye people. And whē he ca¦me vnder Ben Iamyns Porte, there was a porter called Ierias the sonne of Selamia ye zōne of Hananias, which fell vpō him & toke him, sayēge: ye mynde is to runne to the Cal∣dees. Then sayde Ieremy: It is not so, I go not to the Caldees. Neuertheles Ierias wol¦de not beleue him, but brought Ieremy boū¦de before the princes. Wherfore the princes were angrie with Ieremy, causinge him to be beaten, & to be layed in preson in the hou∣se of Ionathas the scrybe. For he was the ru¦ler of the preson. Thus was Ieremy put in to the dongeon & preson, and so laye there a longe tyme. Then Sedechias the kynge sent for him, & called him, & axed him quietly in his owne house, sayenge: thinkest thou this busynes (that now is in honde) cōmeth of the LORDE? Ieremy answerde: yee yt it doth: & thou (sayde he) shalt be delyuered in to the kynge of Babilons power.
[ D] Morouer, Ieremy sayde vnto kynge Se¦dechias: What haue I offended agaynst ye, agaynst thy seruaūtes, or agaynst this peo∣ple, that ye haue caused me be put in preson? Where are youre prophetes, which haue pro¦phecied vnto you and sayde, that ye kynge of Babilō shulde not come agaynst you & this lōde? And therfore heare now, o my lorde the kynge: let my prayer be accepte before the, & sende me nomore in to ye house of Ionathas the scrybe, that I dye not there. Then Sede∣chias the kynge commaunded to put Iere∣my in the fore entrie off the preson, and day∣ly to the geuen him a cake of bred, and els no dighte meate, vntill all the bred in the cite was eaten vp. Thus Ieremy remayned in ye fore entre off the preson.
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