1So Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, and Pashur heard what Jeremiah was spillin' to the squad, like,

2"Listen up, if you chill in this city, you’re toast—sword, famine, and pestilence are coming for ya; but if you dip to the Chaldeans, you’ll survive and vibe."

3God straight up said, "This city’s about to get wrecked by Babylon’s crew, no cap."

4The princes told the king, "Yo, we gotta take this dude out; he’s making the warriors weak and spreading bad vibes for the people."

5King Zedekiah was like, "He’s in your hands, fam; I can’t do anything against you."

6So they threw Jeremiah in the dungeon, all muddy and sus, and he was sinking in it with no water.

7Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the king’s homies, caught wind of Jeremiah’s situation while the king was chilling at the gate.

8Ebed-melech stepped out of the palace and hit up the king, saying,

9"Yo, king, these guys are totally savage for what they did to Jeremiah; he’s about to starve down there with no bread left in the city."

10The king told Ebed-melech, "Grab thirty men and pull Jeremiah out of that dungeon before he kicks the bucket."

11So Ebed-melech grabbed his squad and dipped to the king’s crib under the treasury, snagged some old rags, and let them down to Jeremiah in the dungeon, no cap.

12Ebed-melech was like, "Yo, Jeremiah, put these old rags under your arms and tie ’em up." And Jeremiah was like, "Bet."

13They pulled Jeremiah up with the cords, and he was outta the dungeon, chillin’ in the prison court, fr.

14Then Zedekiah the king hit up Jeremiah the prophet and brought him to the third entry in the Lord’s house, saying, "I got a question for you; keep it 100 with me."

15Jeremiah was like, "If I spill the tea, you gonna put me on blast? And if I give you advice, you gonna actually listen?"

16Zedekiah swore to Jeremiah, "As the Lord lives, who made us, I won’t put you to death or hand you over to those guys trying to get you."

17Then Jeremiah said, "Listen up, the Lord, God of hosts, says if you roll out to the king of Babylon’s crew, you’ll be good, and this city won’t catch fire; you and your fam will be straight."

18"But if you don’t go to the king of Babylon’s crew, this city’s getting wrecked by the Chaldeans, and you won’t escape their grip."

19Zedekiah was like, "I’m shook about the Jews who switched sides to the Chaldeans; what if they hand me over and roast me?"

20But Jeremiah was like, "They won’t hand you over. Just listen to the Lord’s voice I’m telling you, and you’ll be good, and your soul will live, periodt."

21But if you dip, this is what the Lord showed me: no cap.

22Yo, all the ladies left in the king of Judah’s house gonna be brought to the king of Babylon’s squad, and they gonna say, "Your homies set you up, and they got you stuck: your feet are deep in the mud, and they ain't coming back."

23They gonna bring out all your wifeys and kids to the Chaldeans: you ain't escaping their grip, but you gonna be taken by the king of Babylon: and you gonna make this city go up in flames.

24Then Zedekiah was like to Jeremiah, "Keep it on the low about these words, and you won't catch a fade."

25But if the princes find out I chilled with you, and they roll up on you, asking, "Tell us what you said to the king, no hiding," we won’t cap you; also what the king said to you:

26Then you gonna tell them, "I asked the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s crib, or I’ll be toast."

27Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, asking him: and he told them all these words the king commanded. So they stopped talking to him; for the vibes were off.

28So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the prison until the day Jerusalem got taken: and he was there when it went down.

1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying,

2Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.

3Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.

4Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.

5Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.

6Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.

7Now when Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;

8Ebed–melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,

9My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.

10Then the king commanded Ebed–melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.

11So Ebed–melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.

12And Ebed–melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.

13So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.

14Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the Lord: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.

15Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me?

16So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life.

17Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house:

18But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand.

19And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.

20But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the Lord, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live.

21But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath shewed me:

22And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back.

23So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire.

24Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.

25But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee:

26Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.

27Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.