1	Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard# the words that Jeremiah had spoken# unto all the people, saying# ,
			2	Thus saith# the LORD, He that remaineth# in this city shall die# by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth# to the Chaldeans shall live# ; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live# # # # .
			3	Thus saith# the LORD, This city shall surely# be given# into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take# it.
			4	Therefore the princes said# unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death# : for thus he weakeneth# the hands of the men of war that remain# in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking# such words unto them: for this man seeketh# not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. [welfare: Heb. peace]
			5	Then Zedekiah the king said# , Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can# do any thing against you.
			6	Then took# they Jeremiah, and cast# him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down# Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk# in the mire. [of Hammelech: or, of the king]
			7	Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard# that they had put# Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting# in the gate of Benjamin;
			8	Ebedmelech went forth# out of the king's house, and spake# to the king, saying# ,
			9	My lord the king, these men have done evil# in all that they have done# to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast# into the dungeon; and he is like to die# for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. [he is like...: Heb. he will die]
			10	Then the king commanded# Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying# , Take# from hence thirty men with thee, and take up# Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die# . [with thee: Heb. in thine hand]
			11	So Ebedmelech took# the men with him, and went# into the house of the king under the treasury, and took# thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down# by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.
			12	And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said# unto Jeremiah, Put# now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes# under the cords. And Jeremiah did# so.
			13	So they drew up# Jeremiah with cords, and took him up# out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained# in the court of the prison.
			14	Then Zedekiah the king sent# , and took# Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said# unto Jeremiah, I will ask# thee a thing; hide# nothing from me. [third: or, principal]
			15	Then Jeremiah said# unto Zedekiah, If I declare# it unto thee, wilt thou not surely# put me to death# ? and if I give thee counsel# , wilt thou not hearken# unto me?
			16	So Zedekiah the king sware# secretly unto Jeremiah, saying# , As the LORD liveth, that made# us this soul, I will not put thee to death# , neither will I give# thee into the hand of these men that seek# thy life.
			17	Then said# Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith# the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly# go forth# unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live# , and this city shall not be burned# with fire; and thou shalt live# , and thine house:
			18	But if thou wilt not go forth# to the king of Babylon's princes, then shall this city be given# into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn# it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out# of their hand.
			19	And Zedekiah the king said# unto Jeremiah, I am afraid# of the Jews that are fallen# to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver# me into their hand, and they mock# me.
			20	But Jeremiah said# , They shall not deliver# thee . Obey# , I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak# unto thee: so it shall be well# unto thee, and thy soul shall live# .
			21	But if thou refuse to go forth# , this is the word that the LORD hath shewed# me:
			22	And, behold, all the women that are left# in the king of Judah's house shall be brought forth# to the king of Babylon's princes, and those women shall say# , Thy friends# have set thee on# , and have prevailed# against thee: thy feet are sunk# in the mire, and they are turned away# back. [Thy friends: Heb. Men of thy peace]
			23	So they shall bring out# all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out# of their hand, but shalt be taken# by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned# with fire. [thou shalt cause...: Heb. thou shalt burn, etc]
			24	Then said# Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know# of these words, and thou shalt not die# .
			25	But if the princes hear# that I have talked# with thee, and they come# unto thee, and say# unto thee, Declare# unto us now what thou hast said# unto the king, hide# it not from us, and we will not put thee to death# ; also what the king said# unto thee:
			26	Then thou shalt say# unto them, I presented# my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return# to Jonathan's house, to die# there.
			27	Then came# all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked# him: and he told# them according to all these words that the king had commanded# . So they left off speaking# with him; for the matter was not perceived# . [they...: Heb. they were silent from him]
			28	So Jeremiah abode# in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken# : and he was there when Jerusalem was taken# .