“Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.”
The prophet's reasoning: 'Then King Zedekiah gave orders that Jeremiah should be committed to the court of the guard.' Zedekiah's compassionate compromise improves Jeremiah's conditions. God works even through reluctant leaders to protect His prophets.
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