¹⁸ Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “In what way have I sinned against you or your servants, or against these people? Why have you put me in prison? ¹⁹ Where are your men who spoke to you in God’s name, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you or against this land’? ²⁰ But now I ask you to listen, O my lord the king. Hear what I ask, and do not make me return to the house of Jonathan the writer, or I will die there.”