Jeremiah 37:15

the princes were wroth with Jeremiah These were not the princes who had looked upon the prophet with favour in the reign of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 26:16; Jeremiah 36:19). Those were now no doubt exiles, and these their successors, as thoroughly opposed to the Chaldaean rule, and sympathising with their compatriots of Babylon, had no favour to bestow upon Jeremiah. They would remember how he had likened them to evil figs (ch. 24), and had denounced their conduct towards their slaves (ch. 34).

Jonathan Shaphan, the scribe of seventeen years before (Jeremiah 36:10), was now probably dead or among the exiles.