Jeremiah 38:26

The Passion Translation

then you must reply, ‘I humbly begged the king not to send me back to the prison at Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

Cross References

Jeremiah 37:15

The officials were furious with me, and they beat me and locked me up in the house of Jonathan, the court secretary, which they had made into a prison.

Jeremiah 37:20

So now, please hear me, my lord the king. Let my humble plea come before you. Do not send me back to the dungeon at the court secretary Jonathan’s house. That would be my certain death!”

Jeremiah 38:27

In fact, the officials did come to interrogate me about my meeting with the king, so I told them exactly what he had instructed me to say. Because no one overheard my conversation with the king, they stopped questioning me at that point.

Jeremiah 42:2

me and said, “Please listen to our humble plea and pray to Yahweh your God for us and for all this remnant. We were once many, but as you see, only a few of us remain.