Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of Yahweh: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.
Then the king answered and said unto the woman, Hide not from me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall ask thee. And the woman said, Let my master the king now speak.
And the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Yahweh; there was no more spirit in her.
And the covert for the sabbath that they had built in the house, and the king's entry without, turned he from the house of Yahweh for the king of Assyria.
Yahweh said, Verily it shall be well with thy remnant; verily I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction.
Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Yahweh? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
For ye dissembled in your hearts, when ye sent me unto Yahweh your Elohim, saying, Pray for us unto Yahweh our Elohim; and according unto all that Yahweh our Elohim shall say, so declare unto us, and we will do it.