Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house.
Then the king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you something.
Hide nothing from me.”
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death?
If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”
So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life.”