KJV ORIGINAL
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your Majesty, these guys have seriously messed up with everything they've done to Jeremiah the prophet. They threw him in a dungeon and he's literally going to starve to death down there — there's no food left anywhere in the city.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes standing up for what's right means calling out injustice, even to people in power.
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