Jeremiah 37:20

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.

Let my supplication be accepted - rather, 'let my supplication be humbly presented' (, note). (Henderson.)

Lest I die there - in the subterranean dungeon () from want of proper sustenance (). The prophet naturally shrank from death, which makes his spiritual firmness the more remarkable: he was ready to die rather than swerve from his duty (Calvin).