Jeremiah 37 Free Bible Version
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1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon replaced Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim with Zedekiah son of Josiah as the ruling king of Judah.
1 Y REINÓ el rey Sedechîas hijo de Josías, en lugar de Conías hijo de Joacim, al cual Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia había constituído por rey en la tierra de Judá.
2 But Zedekiah and his officers and everyone else in the country refused to obey what the Lord had said through Jeremiah the prophet.
2 Mas no obedeció él, ni sus siervos, ni el pueblo de la tierra á las palabras de Jehová, que dijo por el profeta Jeremías.
3 However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the Lord our God for us!”
3 Y envió el rey Sedechîas á Jucal hijo de Selemías, y á Sephanías hijo de Maasías sacerdote, para que dijesen al profeta Jeremías: Ruega ahora por nosotros á Jehová nuestro Dios.
4 (At this time Jeremiah could come and go freely, because as yet they hadn't put him in prison.)
4 Y Jeremías entraba y salía en medio del pueblo; porque no lo habían puesto en la casa de la cárcel.
5 Pharaoh's army was advancing from Egypt, and when the Babylonian army heard about it, they moved away from Jerusalem.
5 Y como el ejército de Faraón hubo salido de Egipto, y vino la fama de ellos á oídos de los Caldeos que tenían cercada á Jerusalem, partiéronse de Jerusalem.
6 Then a message from the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet:
6 Entonces fué palabra de Jehová á Jeremías profeta, diciendo:
7 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, instructs you to tell the king of Judah, who sent you to ask me for help: Look! Pharaoh's army, which set out to help you, is going to return home to Egypt.
7 Así ha dicho Jehová Dios de Israel: Diréis así al rey de Judá, que os envió á mí para que me preguntaseis: He aquí que el ejército de Faraón que había salido en vuestro socorro, se volvió á su tierra en Egipto.
8 Then the Babylonians will return and attack Jerusalem. They will capture it and burn it down.
8 Y tornarán los Caldeos, y combatirán esta ciudad, y la tomarán, y la pondrán á fuego.
9 This is what the Lord says: Don't fool yourselves by saying, “The Babylonians are gone for good,” because they're not!
9 Así ha dicho Jehová: No engañéis vuestras almas, diciendo: Sin duda los Caldeos se han ido de nosotros: porque no se irán.
10 In fact, even if you were able to kill the whole Babylonian army attacking you, leaving only wounded men in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.
10 Porque aun cuando hirieseis todo el ejército de los Caldeos que pelean con vosotros, y quedasen de ellos hombres alanceados, cada uno se levantará de su tienda, y pondrán esta ciudad á fuego.
11 When the Babylonian army moved away from Jerusalem because of the threat of Pharaoh's army,
11 Y aconteció que, como el ejército de los Caldeos se fué de Jerusalem á causa del ejército de Faraón,
12 Jeremiah was on his way out of Jerusalem to go to his home in the territory of Benjamin to claim his share of his family's property.
12 Salíase de Jerusalem Jeremías para irse á tierra de Benjamín, para apartarse de allí en medio del pueblo.
13 However, when he reached the Benjamin Gate, the guard captain, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, arrested him, saying, “You're defecting to the Babylonians!”
13 Y cuando fué á la puerta de Benjamín, estaba allí un prepósito que se llamaba Irías, hijo de Selemías, hijo de Hananías, el cual prendió á Jeremías profeta, diciendo: Tú te retiras á los Caldeos.
14 “That's not true,” Jeremiah replied. “I'm not defecting to the Babylonians!” But Irijah refused to listen to him. He arrested Jeremiah and took him before the officers.
14 Y Jeremías dijo: Falso: no me retiro á los Caldeos. Mas él no lo escuchó, antes prendió Irías á Jeremías, y llevólo delante de los príncipes.
15 The officers were furious with Jeremiah. They had him beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan the scribe, which had been turned into a prison.
15 Y los príncipes se airaron contra Jeremías, y azotáronle, y pusiéronle en prisión en la casa de Jonathán escriba, porque aquélla habían hecho casa de cárcel.
16 Jeremiah was placed in a cell in the underground dungeon and was kept there for a long time.
16 Entró pues Jeremías en la casa de la mazmorra, y en las camarillas. Y habiendo estado allá Jeremías por muchos días,
17 Some while later King Zedekiah secretly sent for him and had him brought to the royal palace where he asked, “Is there a message from the Lord for me?” “Yes there is,” Jeremiah replied. “You are going to be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
17 El rey Sedechîas envió, y sacóle; [y] preguntóle el rey escondidamente en su casa, y dijo: ¿Hay palabra de Jehová? Y Jeremías dijo: Hay. Y dijo más: En mano del rey de Babilonia serás entregado.
18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or these people, for you to put me in prison?
18 Dijo también Jeremías al rey Sedechîas: ¿En qué pequé contra ti, y contra tus siervos, y contra este pueblo, para que me pusieseis en la casa de la cárcel?
19 Where are your prophets now, the ones who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon won't come and attack you and this country’?
19 ¿Y dónde están vuestros profetas que os profetizaban, diciendo: No vendrá el rey de Babilonia contra vosotros, ni contra esta tierra?
20 Now please listen to me, my lord the king, and respond positively to my request. Don't send me back to prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, otherwise I'll die there.”
20 Ahora pues, oye, te ruego, oh rey mi señor: caiga ahora mi súplica delante de ti, y no me hagas volver á casa de Jonathán escriba, porque no me muera allí.
21 King Zedekiah gave the order for Jeremiah to be held in the guard's courtyard and be provided with a loaf of bread every day from a bakery until there was no bread left in the city. So Jeremiah stayed in the guard's courtyard.
21 Entonces dió orden el rey Sedechîas, y depositaron á Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel, haciéndole dar una torta de pan al día, de la plaza de los Panaderos, hasta que todo el pan de la ciudad se gastase. Y quedó Jeremías en el patio de la cárcel.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Hananiah
Named as the father of Shelemiah, in the ancestry of Irijah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Irijah
Captain of the guard at the Gate of Benjamin who seized Jeremiah and accused him of deserting to the Chaldeans.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Jehucal
Son of Shelemiah whom King Zedekiah sent to Jeremiah to ask for prayer, and who later heard Jeremiah's words and joined in seeking his death.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Jonathan
A scribe in whose house Jeremiah was beaten and jailed, the house having been made into a prison.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 37:20
Maaseiah
Named as the father of Zephaniah the priest.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 21:1; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 37:3
Shelemiah
Son of Hananiah and father of Irijah, the captain of the guard.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:13
Shelemiah
Named as the father of Jehucal, an envoy of Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 38:1
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 22:24; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 24:12; Ezekiel 17:12–21; Jeremiah 52:31
- 2 Proverbs 29:12; 2 Kings 24:19–20; 1 Thessalonians 4:8; 2 Chronicles 36:12–16; Exodus 4:13
- 3 Jeremiah 21:1–2; Jeremiah 29:25; Jeremiah 52:24; Jeremiah 42:2–4; Jeremiah 2:27
- 4 Jeremiah 37:15; Jeremiah 32:2–3
- 5 Ezekiel 17:15; Jeremiah 34:21; 2 Kings 24:7; Jeremiah 37:11; Jeremiah 37:7
- 7 Lamentations 4:17; 2 Kings 22:18; Isaiah 31:1–3; Ezekiel 17:17; Jeremiah 37:3
- 8 Jeremiah 39:2–8; Jeremiah 38:23; Jeremiah 34:21–22; Jeremiah 32:29
- 9 Obadiah 3; Galatians 6:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; James 1:22; Matthew 24:4–5
- 10 Jeremiah 50:45; Joel 2:11; Leviticus 26:36–38; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 13:15
- 11 Jeremiah 37:5
- 12 Jeremiah 1:1; Matthew 10:23; 1 Chronicles 6:60; Joshua 21:17–18; Nehemiah 6:11
- 13 Zechariah 14:10; Jeremiah 38:7; Acts 24:13; Luke 23:2; Jeremiah 20:10
- 14 Psalm 27:12; Matthew 5:11–12; Jeremiah 40:4–6; Psalm 52:1–2; Psalm 35:11
- 15 Jeremiah 38:26; Matthew 21:35; 2 Chronicles 16:10; Genesis 39:20; Acts 5:18
- 16 Jeremiah 38:6; Jeremiah 38:10–13; Lamentations 3:53; Genesis 40:15; Lamentations 3:55
- 17 Jeremiah 21:7; 1 Kings 22:16; Jeremiah 21:1–2; Ezekiel 12:12–13; Jeremiah 24:8
- 18 John 10:32; Acts 25:8; Acts 25:25; Acts 25:11; Daniel 6:22
- 19 Jeremiah 28:10–17; Jeremiah 2:28; Jeremiah 6:14; 2 Kings 3:13; Jeremiah 8:11
- 20 Jeremiah 36:7; Jeremiah 26:15; Jeremiah 38:6–9; Acts 25:10–11; Acts 28:18–19
- 21 Jeremiah 38:28; Jeremiah 38:13; Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 52:6; Jeremiah 38:9
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences