²⁶ then tell^(A) them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house^(B) to die there.’”

²⁰ But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there.”^(A)

¹⁵ They were angry with Jeremiah and had him beaten^(A) and imprisoned^(B) in the house^(C) of Jonathan the secretary, which they had made into a prison.

² Jeremiah the prophet and said to him, “Please hear our petition and pray^(A) to the Lord your God for this entire remnant.^(B) For as you now see, though we were once many, now only a few^(C) are left.

⁸ He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.