Jeremiah 37:2-5

Contemporary English Version

² But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.

^3-5 Later, the Babylonian army attacked Jerusalem, but they left after learning that the Egyptian army^[a] was headed in this direction.

One day, Zedekiah sent Jehucal and the priest Zephaniah^[b] to talk with me. At that time, I was free to go wherever I wanted, because I had not yet been put in prison. Jehucal and Zephaniah said, “Jeremiah, please pray to the Lord our God for us.”