15 And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him (A)and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.

16 (B)When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days, 17 King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him (C)secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, (D)“You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”

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