And Zedekiah the kingsentJehucal the son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest to the prophetJeremiah, saying, Pray now unto the LORD our God for us.
Thussaith the LORD, the God of Israel; Thusshall ye say to the king of Judah, thatsent you unto me to enquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh’sarmy, which is comeforth to help you, shallreturn to Egyptintotheir own land.
For though ye had smitten the wholearmy of the Chaldeansthatfightagainst you, and thereremained but wounded men amongthem, yet shouldtheyrise up every man in his tent, and burnthiscitywithfire.
And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward was there, whosename was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he tookJeremiah the prophet, saying, Thoufallestaway to the Chaldeans.
Wherefore the princeswerewrothwithJeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had madethat the prison.
ThenZedekiah the kingsent, and took him out: and the kingasked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any wordfrom the LORD? And Jeremiahsaid, There is: for, said he, thoushalt be deliveredinto the hand of the king of Babylon.
Thereforehear now, I praythee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I praythee, be acceptedbeforethee; thatthoucause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
ThenZedekiah the kingcommandedthattheyshouldcommitJeremiahinto the court of the prison, and thattheyshouldgive him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’street, until all the bread in the citywerespent. ThusJeremiahremained in the court of the prison.