² And then^▵ the host of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem; and Jeremiah^◦ the prophet was held·​·back in the court of the prison^◦, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

²⁸ Hast thou not known? Hast thou not heard, that the eternal God is Jehovah, the Creator of the ends of the earth? He faints not, neither does He tire; none can search·​·out His understanding.