Jeremiah 38:25-27

The Voice

²⁵If my officials learn that I spoke to you, they may come to you and threaten you saying, “Tell us everything you told the king and what he said to you. Don’t try to hide anything from us or we will execute you.” ²⁶If that happens, tell them, “I was only begging the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house again because I was afraid of dying there.”

²⁷The king’s officials were curious about the encounter and did come to Jeremiah and question him just as Zedekiah had predicted. So Jeremiah responded as the king instructed and shared only what they had agreed earlier. Because no one overheard the conversation between Jeremiah and Zedekiah, the officials eventually stopped questioning him.

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