19 And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: They shall eat their bread with anxiety, and drink water in dismay. In this way her land will be stripped of all it contains, on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.

21 So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the ^wcourt of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers’ street, ^xuntil all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.