Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?” “Yes,” Jeremiah.

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah.

The king asked him secretly in his house, and said, “Is there any word from the LORD?” And Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be delivered ...

New International Version Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?

And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

Then King Zedekiah sent for him and had him brought to the palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there any word from the LORD?”

The king is frightened; and knowing the prophet was in prison, sends a messenger to take him out from thence, and bring him to him; which was accordingly done.

In a climate of fear and philosophical turmoil, Zedekiah sought counsel from the prophet Jeremiah, who was imprisoned after being accused of treason.

Jeremiah 37:17 - Now King Zedekiah sent men and took him out; and in his palace the king secretly asked him and said, 'Is there a word from the LORD?

King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the LORD?”...