¹⁸ Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you, against your servants, or against this people, that you have put me in prison? ¹⁹ Where are your prophets now, who prophesied to you, ‘The king of Babylon will not attack you or this land’? ²⁰ Now, my lord the king, please listen to me. Let my petition come before you: Please do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.”