14 “That’s a lie,” Jeremiah replied. “I am not defecting to the Chaldeans!” Irijah would not listen to him but apprehended Jeremiah and took him to the officials. 15 The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathano the scribe, for it had been made into a prison. 16 So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeonp and stayed there many days.