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But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don`t hide it from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:
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then you shall tell them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan`s house, to die there.
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Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.
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So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.