Jeremiah 37:16-21

Legacy Standard Bible

¹⁶ For Jeremiah had come into the ^[a](A)pit, that is, the vaulted cell; and Jeremiah stayed there many days.

¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent and took him out; and in his palace the king ^(B)secretly asked him and said, “Is there a ^(C)word from Yahweh?” And Jeremiah said, “There is!” Then he said, “You will be ^(D)given into the hand of the king of Babylon!” ¹⁸ Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “^(E)In what way have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison? ^19 (F)Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The ^(G)king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? ²⁰ But now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my ^(H)supplication ^[b]come before you, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there.” ²¹ Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the ^(I)court of the guard and gave him a loaf of ^(J)bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city had ^(K)come to an end. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.