Jeremiah 37:20

Now hear , please , O my lord the king : let my humble plea come before you and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary , lest I die there .

But now, my lord the king, please listen. Let me bring my petition before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, or I will die there.”

Therefore hear now, I pray thee, O my lord the king : let my supplication, I pray thee, be accepted before thee; that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.