3. However, King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Pray for us—pray hard!—to the Master, our God.”
17. Later King Zedekiah had Jeremiah brought to him. The king questioned him privately, “Is there a Message from God?”“There certainly is,” said Jeremiah. “You’re going to be turned over to the king of Babylon.”
21. So King Zedekiah ordered that Jeremiah be assigned to the courtyard of the palace guards. He was given a loaf of bread from Bakers’ Alley every day until all the bread in the city was gone. And that’s where Jeremiah remained—in the courtyard of the palace guards.