Jer 37:11-15 | ESV | STEP | Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh’s army ,

Jeremiah 37:11-15

Jeremiah Imprisoned

11 Now when ^athe Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh’s army, 12 Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to ^bthe land of Benjamin ^cto receive his portion there ^damong the people. 13 When he was at ^ethe Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of ^fShelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, ^g“You are deserting to the Chaldeans.” 14 And Jeremiah said, “It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to ^hthe officials. 15 And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him ⁱand imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.