Yirmeyahu 37:12-38:2 ירמיהו ל״ז:י״ב-ל״ח:ב׳

then Yirmeyahu went out of Yerushalayim to go into the land of Binyamin, to slip out from these amongst the people.

And when he was in the gate of Binyamin, a sentry was there, whose name was Yeriyya, the son of Shelemya, the son of Ḥananya; and he seized Yirmeyahu the prophet, saying, Thou art deserting to the Kasdim.

Then Yirmeyahu said, It is false; I am not deserting to the Kasdim. But he did not hearken to him: so Yeriyya seized Yirmeyahu, and brought him to the princes.

So the princes were angry with Yirmeyahu, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Yehonatan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.

When Yirmeyahu was entered into the pit, and into the cells, and Yirmeyahu had remained there many days;

then Żidqiyyahu the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the Lord? And Yirmeyahu said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Bavel.

Moreover Yirmeyahu said to king Żidqiyyahu, How have I offended against thee, or against thy servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

Where are now your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Bavel shall not come against you, nor against this land?

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Yehonatan the scribe, lest I die there.

Then Żidqiyyahu the king commanded that they should commit Yirmeyahu to the court of the guard, and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was spent. Thus Yirmeyahu remained in the court of the guard.

Then Shefatya the son of Mattan, and Gedalyahu the son of Pashĥur and Yukhal the son of Shelemyahu, and Pashĥur the son of Malkiyya, heard the words that Yirmeyahu had spoken to all the people, saying,

Thus says the Lord, He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goes over to the Kasdim shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.