Jeremiah 37:18-21
English Standard Version
18 Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, (A)that you have put me in prison? 19 (B)Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’? 20 Now hear, please, O my lord the king: (C)let my humble plea come before you and (D)do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there.” 21 So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to (E)the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, (F)until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in (G)the court of the guard.
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Jeremiah 37:18-21
New Living Translation
18 Then Jeremiah asked the king, “What crime have I committed? What have I done against you, your attendants, or the people that I should be imprisoned like this? 19 Where are your prophets now who told you the king of Babylon would not attack you or this land? 20 Listen, my lord the king, I beg you. Don’t send me back to the dungeon in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for I will die there.”
21 So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be given a loaf of fresh bread every day as long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.
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