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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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18 Moreover, Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “(A)In what way have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 (B)Where then are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The (C)king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? 20 But now, please listen, O my lord the king; please let my (D)supplication [a]come before you, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, that I may not die there.” 21 Then King Zedekiah gave commandment, and they committed Jeremiah to the (E)court of the guard and gave him a loaf of (F)bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city had (G)come to an end. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:20 Lit fall