They were furious with me and had me beaten and locked up in the house of Jonathan, the court secretary, whose house had been made into a prison.

At that time the army of the king of Babylonia was attacking Jerusalem, and I was locked up in the courtyard of the royal palace.

King Zedekiah had imprisoned me there and had accused me of announcing that the LORD had said, "I am going to let the king of Babylonia capture this city,