Jeremiah 38:26-28

Lexham English Bible

²⁶ Then you shall say to them, ‘I was presenting my plea before^[a] the king, to not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan to die there.’” ²⁷ And all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he informed them like all these words that the king commanded. So they fell silent, for the conversation^[b] was not heard. ²⁸ And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was captured. And it happened that Jerusalem was captured.^[c]