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26 Then you shall say to them, I was presenting to the king my humble plea that he would not send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.

27 Then came all the princes to Jeremiah and asked him [just what King Zedekiah had anticipated they would ask], and he told them all that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him, for what the conversation [with the king] had been was not discovered.

28 So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken [by the Chaldeans].

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26 then tell(A) them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house(B) to die there.’”

27 All the officials did come to Jeremiah and question him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard his conversation with the king.

28 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard(C) until the day Jerusalem was captured.

The Fall of Jerusalem(D)

This is how Jerusalem(E) was taken:

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