A   Zedekiah þe; sonne of Iosiah ^note which was made kynge thorowe Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babylon, reigned in the l&abar;de of Iuda, in the steade of Cononiah the sonne of Iehoakim. But nether he, ner hys seruauntes, ner the people in the lande wolde obeye the wordes of the Lorde, which he spake by the Prophet Ieremy. ^noteNeuerthelesse, Zedekiah the kyng sent Iehucal þe; sonne of Selemiah ∧ Sophoniah the sonne of Maasiah the Prest to the Prophet Ieremy, saying: O praye thou vnto the Lorde oure God for vs Nowe Ieremy walked fre amonge the people at that tyme, and was not put in preson as yet. ^notePharaos hoste also was come out of Egypte: which wh&ebar; the Caldees that beseged Ierusalem perceaued, they departed from thence.

B   Then came the worde of the Lorde vnto Ieremy the Prophet, sayinge: Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel, thys answere shall ye geue to the kynge of Iuda, that sent you vnto me for councell: ^note Beholde, Pharaos hoste which is come forth to helpe you, shall returne to Egypte into his awne lande: but the Caldees shall come agayne, and fyght agaynst thys cytie, wynne it, and sett fyre vpon it. For thus sayeth the Lorde, disceaue not youre awne myndes, thynckinge on this maner: tush, the Caldees go now their waye from vs. No, they shall not go theyr waye. For though ye had slayne the whole hoste of the Caldees, that besege you, and euery one of the slayne laye in his tente, yet shulde they stande vp, and set fyre vpon thys cyte. Now when the hoste of the Caldees was broken vp from Ierusalem, for feare of the Egypcyans armye, Ieremye went out of Ierusalem towarde the lande of BenIamin, to get hym from amonge the people. And when he came vnder BenIamyns porte, there was a porter, C   called Ieriah, the sonne of Selemiah the sonne of ^note Hananiah, which fell vpon him, and toke him sayinge: thy mynde is to runne to the Caldees. Then sayde Ieremy: It is not so, I go not to the Caldees. Neuertheles, Ieriah wolde not beleue hym, but brought Ieremy bounde before the Princes. Wherfore the princes were angrye with Ieremy, and smote him, and layed hym in preson in the house of Ionathas the scribe. For he was the rular of the preson. Thus was Ieremy put into the donge&obar; and preson, and so laye there a longe tyme. ^noteThen Zedekiah the kyng sent for him, and called him, and asked hym quyetly in his awne house, D   sayinge: thynkest thou this busynes (that now is in hande) commeth of the Lorde? Ieremy answered: yee, that it doth: and thou (sayed he) shalt be delyuered into the kynge of Babylons power.

Moreouer, Ieremy sayde vnto kynge Zedekiah. What haue I offended agaynst the, against thy serua&ubar;tes, or agaynst thys people, that ye haue put me in preson? ^noteWhere are youre prophetes which haue prophecyed vnto you, ∧ sayde, that the kynge of Babylon shulde not come agaynst you ∧ this l&abar;de? And therfore heare nowe, O my Lorde the kynge: let my prayer be accepte before the, and sende me nomore into the house of Ionathas the Scrybe, that I dye not there. Then Zedekias the kynge commaunded to put Ieremy in þe; fore entrye of the preson, and dayly to be geuen hym a cake of bread out of the bakers streate vntyll all the bread in the cytie was eat&ebar; vp. Thus Ieremy remayned in the fore entry in the preson.

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