²⁵ Palal the son of Uzai made repairs in front of the Angle and the tower projecting from the upper house of the king, which is by ^(A)the courtyard of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh made repairs.

Restoration Promised

33 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the second time, while he was still ^(A)confined in the courtyard of the guard, saying,

²¹ Then King Zedekiah gave a command, and they placed Jeremiah in custody in the ^(A)courtyard of the guardhouse, and gave him a loaf of ^(B)bread daily from the bakers’ street, until all the bread in the city was ^(C)gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guardhouse.

⁶ So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the ^(A)cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only ^(B)mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

¹⁴ they even sent word and ^(A)took Jeremiah out of the courtyard of the guardhouse and entrusted him to ^(B)Gedaliah, the son of ^(C)Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.