Jeremiah 37:11–21

¹¹And it came to pass when the army of the Chaldeans was gone up from Jerusalem because of Pharaoh’s army, ¹²that Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to have his portion there among the people. ¹³And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the guard was there whose name was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he laid hold on the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Thou art deserting to the Chaldeans. ¹⁴And Jeremiah said, It is false: I am not deserting to the Chaldeans. But he hearkened not to him; and Irijah laid hold on Jeremiah, and brought him to the princes. ¹⁵And the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in the place of confinement in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison. ¹⁶When Jeremiah was come into the dungeon and into the vaults, and Jeremiah had remained there many days, ¹⁷king Zedekiah sent and took him out. And the king asked of him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is; and he said, Thou shalt be given into the hand of the king of Babylon. ¹⁸And Jeremiah said unto king Zedekiah, What have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that ye have put me in the prison? ¹⁹And where are your prophets that prophesied unto you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land? ²⁰And now hear, I pray thee, my lord, O king: let my supplication, I pray thee, come before thee; and cause me not to return into the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there. ²¹Then Zedekiah the king commanded, and they committed Jeremiah into the court of the guard, and they gave him daily a loaf of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. And Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard.