7. “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘This is what you shall say to the king of Judah, who sent you to me to inquire of me, “Look, the army of Pharaoh, which set out to help you, is going to return to his land Egypt.
8. And the Chaldeans will return, and they will fight against this city, and they will capture it, and they will burn it with fire.” ’
9. Thus says Yahweh: ‘You must not deceive yourselves, saying, “Surely the Chaldeans will go from us,” for they will not go.
10. For even if you struck the whole army of the Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and only men pierced through remained among them, each one in his tent, they would rise up and they would burn this city with fire.’ ”
11. And then, at the withdrawing of the army of the Chaldeans from Jerusalem before the army of Pharaoh,
12. Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive a portion from there in the midst of the people.
13. And when he was at the Gate of Benjamin, there was a sentry on duty whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, and he seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”
14. And Jeremiah said, “That is a lie! I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But he would not listen to him. So Irijah seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
15. And the officials were angry at Jeremiah and they struck him. And they put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for they had converted it to the prison.
16. So Jeremiah came to the dungeon, even to the vaulted cells, and Jeremiah stayed there many days.