Jeremiah 37:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ I was put in an underground cell and kept there a long time.

¹⁷ Later on King Zedekiah sent for me, and there in the palace he asked me privately, “Is there any message from the Lord?”

“There is,” I answered, and added, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylonia.” ¹⁸ Then I asked, “What crime have I committed against you or your officials or this people, to make you put me in prison?