KJV ORIGINAL
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 said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So King Zedekiah secretly had Jeremiah brought to his house. He pulled him aside and was like, 'Do you have any message from God for me?' Jeremiah didn't sugarcoat it: 'Yeah, I do. You're going to be handed over to the king of Babylon.'
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Even when the truth hurts, God's messengers have to keep it real.
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