15. The officials were angry at Jeremiah and beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
16. So Jeremiah went into a cell in the dungeon and stayed there many days.
17. King Zedekiah later sent for him and received him, and in his house privately asked him, “Is there a word from the Lord? ” “There is,” Jeremiah responded, and he continued, “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.”
18. Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people that you have put me in prison?