Jeremiah 38:26

New American Bible - revised edition

then give them this answer: ‘I petitioned the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house lest I die there.’”

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:15

The princes were enraged at Jeremiah and had Jeremiah beaten and imprisoned in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they were using it as a jail.

Jeremiah 37:20

Please hear me, my lord king! Grant my petition: do not send me back into the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I shall die there.”

Jeremiah 38:27

When all the princes came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he answered them with the very words the king had commanded. They said no more to him, for nothing had been overheard of the conversation.

Jeremiah 42:2

approached Jeremiah the prophet and said, “Please grant our petition; pray for us to the Lord, your God, for all this remnant. As you see, only a few of us remain, but once we were many.