Jeremiah 38:3-5

Good News Translation

³ I was also telling them that the Lord had said, “I am going to give the city to the Babylonian army, and they will capture it.”

⁴ Then the officials went to the king and said, “This man must be put to death. By talking like this he is making the soldiers in the city lose their courage, and he is doing the same thing to everyone else left in the city. He is not trying to help the people; he only wants to hurt them.”

⁵ King Zedekiah answered, “Very well, then, do what you want to with him; I can't stop you.”