Jeremiah 38:13-15

Common English Bible

¹³ they pulled him up by the ropes and got him out of the cistern. After that Jeremiah remained in the prison quarters.

¹⁴ King Zedekiah ordered that the prophet Jeremiah be brought to him at the third entrance of the Lord’s temple, where the king said to Jeremiah, “I want to ask you something, and don’t hide anything from me.”

¹⁵ Jeremiah replied, “If I do, you’ll kill me! And if I tell you what to do, you won’t listen to me!”