² At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and the prophet Jeremiah was confined in the court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah,^(A)

⁹ “My lord king, these men have acted wickedly in all they did to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern to die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”^(A)

¹³ Then they drew Jeremiah up by the ropes and pulled him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.^(A)

²⁸ And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.^(A)

¹⁴ and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan to be brought home. So he stayed with his own people.^(A)

¹⁵ The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah while he was confined in the court of the guard:

⁶ On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.^(A)