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Jeremiah 37:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jeremiah 37:12-14
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
12 Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his share of property[a] among the people there. 13 When he reached the Benjamin Gate, a sentinel there named Irijah son of Shelemiah son of Hananiah arrested the prophet Jeremiah saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”(A) 14 And Jeremiah said, “That is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him and arrested Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
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- 37.12 Or to slip away
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)
By National Council of the Churches of Christ