then you are to sayto them, 'I was presentingmy petitionbeforethe king,not to make me returnto the houseof Jonathanto diethere.'"
He also gavehim a copyof the textof the edictwhichhad been issuedin Susafor their destruction,that he might showEstherand informher, and to orderher to goin to the kingto implorehis favorand to pleadwith him for her people.
Then the officialswere angryat Jeremiahand beathim, and they puthim in jailin the houseof Jonathanthe scribe,which they had madeinto the prison.
"But now,pleaselisten,O my lordthe king;pleaselet my petitioncomebeforeyou and do not make me returnto the houseof Jonathanthe scribe,that I may not diethere."
Then allthe officialscameto Jeremiahand questionedhim. So he reportedto them in accordance with allthesewordswhichthe kinghad commanded;and they ceasedspeakingwith him, sincethe conversationhad not been overheard.
and saidto Jeremiahthe prophet,"Pleaselet our petitioncomebeforeyou, and prayfor us to the LORDyour God,[that is] for allthisremnant;becausewe are left[but] a fewout of many,as your own eyes[now] seeus,
