Jeremiah 37:17

Then King Zedekiah had him brought to the palace. There he questioned him privately and asked him, ¹  “Is there any message from the Lord?” Jeremiah answered, “Yes, there is.” Then he announced, ²  “You will be handed over to the king of Babylon.” ³ 

1Ki 14:1-4; 1Ki 22:16; 2Ki 3:11-13; Jer 21:1,2; Jer 21:7; Jer 24:8; Jer 29:16-18; Jer 32:3-5; Jer 34:21,22; Jer 37:3; Jer 38:5,14-16,24-27; Jer 39:6,7; Eze 12:12,13; Eze 17:19-21; Eze 21:25-27; Mr 6:20

¹ tn Heb “Then King Zedekiah sent and brought him and the king asked him privately [or more literally, in secret] and said.”

² tn Heb “Then he said.”

³ sn Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on 34:1 for the relative timing of these two incidents.)