Jeremiah 38:24-26

International Children’s Bible

²⁴ Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Do not tell anyone that I have been talking to you. If you do, you will die. ²⁵ Those officers might find out that I talked to you. Then they will come to you and say, ‘Tell us what you said to King Zedekiah. And tell us what King Zedekiah said to you. Don’t keep any secrets from us. If you don’t tell us everything, we will kill you.’ ²⁶ If they ask you, tell them this: ‘I was begging the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die.’”