17 King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him (A)secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, (B)“You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” 18 Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, (C)that you have put me in prison? 19 (D)Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, ‘The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land’?

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17 Then King Zedekiah sent(A) for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked(B) him privately,(C) “Is there any word from the Lord?”

“Yes,” Jeremiah replied, “you will be delivered(D) into the hands of the king of Babylon.”

18 Then Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, “What crime(E) have I committed against you or your attendants or this people, that you have put me in prison? 19 Where are your prophets(F) who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’?

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