But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you, "Declare to us now what you have said to the king, and also what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death,'
Jeremiah 38:25
Surrounding context
38:24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.
38:25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you, "Declare to us now what you have said to the king, and also what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death,'
38:26 then you shall say to them, "I presented my request before the king, that he would not make me return to Jonathan's house to die there."'