Jeremiah 37:11-13

Contemporary English Version

Jeremiah Is Put in Prison

¹¹ The Babylonian army had left because the Egyptian army was on its way to help us. ¹² So I decided to leave Jerusalem and go to the territory of the Benjamin tribe to claim my share of my family's land. ¹³ I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah,^[a] the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, “Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians.”