“‘Later, King Zedekiah secretly requested that Jeremiah come to the palace, where the king asked him,’Do you have any messages from the Lord?’
Yes, I do! said Jeremiah. You will be defeated by the king of Babylon.
Then Jeremiah asked the king,’ What crime have I committed? What have I done against you, your attendants, or the people that I should be imprisoned like this? Where are your prophets now who told you the ing of Babylon would not attack you or this land? Listen, my lord, the king, I beg you. Don’t send me back to the dungeon in teh house of Johnathan the secretary, for I will die there.
So king Zedikiah commanded that Jeremiah not be returned to the dungeon. Instead, he was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard in the royal palace. The king also commanded that Jeremiah be give a loaf of fresh bread every day a long as there was any left in the city. So Jeremiah was put in the palace prison.” (vv 17-21, NLT)