Jeremiah 37:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Thus Jeremiah was put in the cistern house, in the cells, and remained there for many days.

¹⁷ Then King Zedekiah sent for him, and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house, and said, ‘Is there any word from the Lord?’ Jeremiah said, ‘There is!’ Then he said, ‘You shall be handed over to the king of Babylon.’ ¹⁸ Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, ‘What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?