Jeremiah 37:3

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Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”

Context

1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.

2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to Yahweh’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

3Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, “Pray now to Yahweh our God for us.”

4Now Jeremiah came in and went out among the people; for they had not put him into prison.

5Pharaoh’s army had come out of Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem) heard news of them, they broke up from Jerusalem.

6Then Yahweh’s word came to the prophet Jeremiah, saying,

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