Jeremiah 37
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Jeremiah 37:15-21

15The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.

16So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.

17King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord?” “There is,” Jeremiah responded. He continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”

18Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people that you have put me in prison?

19Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, claiming, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and this land’?

20So now please listen, my lord the king. May my petition come before you. Don’t send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”

21So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard. He was given a loaf of bread each day from the bakers’ street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard.

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