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Jeremiah 36:5

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Then I said, Baruch, the officials refuse to let me go into the LORD's temple,

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One day I went to visit Shemaiah. He was looking very worried, and he said, "Let's hurry to the holy place of the temple and hide there. We will lock the temple doors, because your enemies are planning to kill you tonight."

You have made my friends turn in horror from me. I am a prisoner who cannot escape,

and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the LORD's temple.

And while he, the witnesses, and all the other Jews sitting in the courtyard were still watching, I gave both copies to Baruch son of Neriah.

At that time, the Babylonian army had surrounded Jerusalem, and I was in the prison at the courtyard of the palace guards.

I was still being held prisoner in the courtyard of the palace guards when the LORD told me: I am the LORD, and I created the whole world.

They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room. After I had spent a long time there,

I was held in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day Jerusalem was captured.

Then they took me back to the courtyard of the palace guards and let me down with ropes into the well that belonged to Malchiah, the king's son. There was no water in the well, and I sank down in the mud.

Today I am taking the chains off your wrists and setting you free! If you want to, you can come with me to Babylonia, and I will see that you are taken care of. Or if you decide to stay here, you can go wherever you wish.

Are they servants of Christ? I am a fool to talk this way, but I serve him better than they do. I have worked harder and have been put in jail more times. I have been beaten with whips more and have been in danger of death more often.

Christ Jesus made me his prisoner, so that I could help you Gentiles.

I was sent to do this work, and that's the reason I am in jail. So pray that I will be brave and will speak as I should.

And because of this message, I am locked up in jail and treated like a criminal. But God's good news isn't locked in jail,

Others were made fun of and beaten with whips, and some were chained in jail.




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