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-\v 1 After Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which King Josiah's son Zedekiah became the king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, appointed him to be the new king.
+\v 1 After Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became king for only three months, after which King Josiah's son Zedekiah became the king of Judah. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Zedekiah to be the new king of Judah.
 \v 2 But King Zedekiah and his palace officials and the other people in the land paid no attention to the messages that Yahweh gave me.
 
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-\v 3 However, one day King Zedekiah sent Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to me. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our nation.
+\v 3 However, one day King Zedekiah sent to me Jehukal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They requested me to pray to Yahweh our God for our nation.
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-\v 4 At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison, so he could go and come wherever and whenever he wanted to, without being hindered.
+\v 4 At that time Jeremiah had not yet been put in prison, so he could come and go wherever and whenever he wanted to, without being hindered.
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-\v 5 At that time, the army of Hophra, the king of Egypt, came to the southern border of Judah. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there to fight against the army from Egypt.
+\v 5 At that time, the army of Hophra king of Egypt came to the southern border of Judah. When the army of Babylonia heard about that, they stopped surrounding Jerusalem and left there to fight against the army from Egypt.
 
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-\v 9 So, this is what Jeremiah said to you Israelites: 'You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.
-\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you, and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.'"
+\v 9 So this is what Jeremiah said to you Israelites: 'You should not deceive yourselves, thinking that the army from Babylonia has gone and will not return. That is not true.
+\v 10 And even if your soldiers could destroy almost all of the soldiers from Babylonia who are attacking you and allow only those who were wounded to remain alive in their tents, those men would come out of their tents and completely burn this city.'"
 
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 \v 11 When the army from Babylonia left Jerusalem because the army from Egypt was approaching,
-\v 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city. He intended to go to the area where the descendants of Benjamin live, in order to take possession of my share of the property from my family.
-\v 13 But as he was walking out the Benjamin Gate, the head guard seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting us and going to the soldiers from Babylonia!" The man who seized him was Irijah son of Shelemiah, and grandson of Hananiah.
+\v 12 Jeremiah started to leave the city. He intended to go to the area where the descendants of Benjamin live in order to take possession of his share of the property from his family.
+\v 13 But as he was walking out the Benjamin Gate, the head guard seized Jeremiah and said, "You are deserting us and going to the soldiers from Babylonia!" The man who seized him was Irijah son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah.
 
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-\v 1 Four officials, Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah, heard what Jeremiah had been telling all the people.
-\v 2 He had been telling them that Yahweh was saying, "Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by their enemies' swords or from famines or from diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army will remain alive. They will escape; they will not be killed.
+\v 1 Four officials—Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehukal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malkijah—heard what Jeremiah had been telling all the people.
+\v 2 He had been telling them that Yahweh was saying, "Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die. They will be killed by their enemies' swords or by famines or diseases. But those who surrender to the Babylonian army will remain alive. They will escape; they will not be killed.
 \v 3 Yahweh also says that the army of the king of Babylon will certainly capture this city."
 
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-\v 6 So those officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into a cistern in the courtyard. The cistern belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the cistern, but there was a lot of mud, so he sank down deep into the mud.
+\v 6 So those officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into a cistern in the courtyard. The cistern belonged to Malkijah, who was a son of the king. There was no water in the cistern but there was much mud, so he sank down deep into the mud.
 
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-\v 10 So the king told Ebed-Melek, "Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well, in order that he does not die!"
+\v 10 So the king told Ebed-Melek, "Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the well so that he does not die!"
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-\v 11 So Ebed-Melek took charge of those thirty men; they went into a room in the palace below the room where people had stored things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to me.
+\v 11 So Ebed-Melek took charge of those thirty men; they went into a room in the palace below the room where people had stored things. There they found some old rags and discarded clothing. They took those things and went to the well. They fastened them to a rope and lowered the rope to Jeremiah.
 
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-\v 12 Then Ebed-Melek called down to me, "Put these rags underneath your armpits, to protect you from being injured by the ropes!" So Jeremiah did that.
-\v 13 Then they pulled him out of the well. So he stayed in the courtyard where the palace guards were.
+\v 12 Then Ebed-Melek called down to Jeremiah, "Put these rags underneath your armpits to protect you from being injured by the ropes!" So Jeremiah did that.
+\v 13 Then they pulled him out of the well. So Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard where the palace guards were.
 
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-\v 14 One day King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah, and he was brought to the king, who was waiting for him at the entrance of the temple. He said to Jeremiah, "I want to ask you something. I want you to answer me truthfully, and to not conceal anything."
+\v 14 One day King Zedekiah summoned Jeremiah, and he was brought to the king, who was waiting for him at the entrance of the temple. He said to Jeremiah, "I want to ask you something. I want you to answer me truthfully and to not conceal anything."
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 \v 15 Jeremiah replied, "If I tell you the truth, you will command that I be executed. And if I give you good advice, you will not pay attention to what I say."
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-\v 19 The king replied, "But I am afraid to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon, because their officers may put me into the hands of the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me."
+\v 19 The king replied, "But I am afraid to surrender to the soldiers from Babylon because their officers may put me into the hands of the people of Judah who have already joined the soldiers from Babylonia, and those people from Judah will mistreat me."
 
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 \v 27 And that is what happened. The king's officials came to Jeremiah and asked why the king had summoned him. But he told them what the king told him to tell them. So they did not ask Jeremiah any more questions, because no one had heard what the king and Jeremiah had said to each other.
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-\v 28 So Jeremiah remained being guarded in the courtyard of the palace, until the day that the army of Babylonia captured Jerusalem.
+\v 28 So Jeremiah remained being guarded in the courtyard of the palace until the day that the army of Babylonia captured Jerusalem.
 
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 \v 1 After King Zedekiah had been ruling Judah for almost nine years, King Nebuchadnezzar came in the tenth month of the year with his army, and they surrounded Jerusalem.
 \v 2 One and a half years later, after Zedekiah had been ruling for almost eleven years, in the eleventh year and fourth month, soldiers from Babylonia broke through the city wall. Then they rushed in and captured the city.
-\v 3 Then all the officers of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate to decide what they would do to the city. They included Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar Nebo, Sarsekim who was one of the chief administrative officers, Nergal-Sharezer, the king's advisor, and many other officials.
+\v 3 Then all the officers of the king of Babylon came in and sat down at the Middle Gate to decide what they would do to the city. They included Nergal-Sharezer of Samgar, Nebo-Sarsekim who was one of the chief administrative officers, Nergal-Sharezer the king's advisor, and many other officials.
 
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-\v 4 When King Zedekiah and all his soldiers realized that the army of Babylonia had broken into the city, they fled. They waited until it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king's garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started running toward the plain along the Jordan.
+\v 4 When King Zedekiah and all of his soldiers realized that the army of Babylonia had broken into the city, they fled. They waited until it was dark. Then they went out of the city through the king's garden, through the gate that was between the two walls. Then they started running toward the plain along the Jordan.
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-\v 5 But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the Hamath. There Nebuchadnezzar told his soldiers what they should do to punish Zedekiah.
+\v 5 But the soldiers from Babylonia pursued the king, and they caught him on the plains near Jericho. They took him to the king of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There Nebuchadnezzar told his soldiers what they should do to punish Zedekiah.
 
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 \v 6 They forced Zedekiah to watch while they killed his sons and all the officials from Judah.
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-\v 11 King Nebuchadnezzar had previously told the captain of the guard, Nebuzaradan to find Jeremiah. He said,
+\v 11 King Nebuchadnezzar had previously told the captain of the guard, Nebuzaradan, to find Jeremiah. He said,
 \v 12 "Make sure that no one harms him. Take care of him, and do for him whatever he requests you to do."
 \v 13 So he and Nebushazban, who was one of their chief officers, and Nergal-Sharezer the king's advisor, and other officers of the king of Babylon
 \v 14 sent some men to bring Jeremiah out of the courtyard outside of the palace. They took him to Gedaliah who was the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Then Gedaliah took Jeremiah to his home, and he stayed in Judah among his own people who had been allowed to remain there.
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 \v 15 But while Jeremiah was still being guarded in the palace courtyard, Yahweh gave him this message:
-\v 16 "Say this to Ebed-Melek, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everthing I told you would be done, and you will see it with your own eyes.
+\v 16 "Say this to Ebed-Melek, the official from Ethiopia: 'This is what Yahweh, commander of the angel armies, the God whom Israel worships, says: I will do to this city everything that I said that I would do. Everything I told you will be done, and you will see it with your own eyes.
 
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 \v 17 But I promise to rescue you from the people you are afraid of. This is what I, Yahweh, have promised to you!
-\v 18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by our enemies' swords. You will live. That will surely happen, because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
+\v 18 You trusted me, so I will save you. You will not be killed by our enemies' swords. You will live. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.'"
 
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-\v 1 Then Johanan son of Kereah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the other leaders of the Israelite soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia, and many other people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came to me.
+\v 1 Then Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the other leaders of the Israelite soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia, and many other people, including those who were important and those who were not important, came to me.
 \v 2 They said, "Please listen to our request and pray to Yahweh our God for all of us. Although we were previously a huge number of people, you can see that now we are only a small number of people who have survived.
 \v 3 Pray that Yahweh our God will show us what we should do and where we should go."