Jeremiah 37:13-16

Contemporary English Version

¹³ I was leaving Jerusalem through Benjamin Gate, when I was stopped by Irijah,^[a] the officer in charge of the soldiers at the gate. He said, “Jeremiah, you're under arrest for trying to join the Babylonians.”

¹⁴ “I'm not trying to join them!” I answered. But Irijah wouldn't listen, and he took me to the king's officials. ^15-16 They were angry and ordered the soldiers to beat me. Then I was taken to the house that belonged to Jonathan, one of the king's officials. It had been turned into a prison, and I was kept in a basement room.

After I had spent a long time there,