²⁷ And all the princes came to^▵ Jeremiah^◦, and asked him; and he told them according·​·to all these words that the king had commanded. And they were·​·silent with him; for the word was not heard.

²¹ And Zedekiah^◦ the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah^◦ into the court of the prison^◦, and give to him for the day a loaf of bread from the street of the bakers, until all the bread from the city was finished. And Jeremiah^◦ dwelt in the court of the prison^◦.