Jeremiah 32:1-3

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the 1tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.

2Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the 2courtyard of the guard, which was at the house of the king of Judah,

3because Zedekiah king of Judah had 3imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you 4prophesy, saying, ‘5This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am going to 6hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it;