Even though Jeremiah was then held in custody because of his fearless preaching, Jehovah saw to it that “there was a giving of a round loaf of bread to him daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread was exhausted from the city. ” — Jeremiah 37: 21. When Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians, Jeremiah was neither killed nor dragged off as a prisoner to Babylon.
(‏ مراثی ۲ :‏ ۲۰ ؛‏ ۴ :‏ ۱۰ )‏ گرچه در آن موقع ،‏ ارمیا به سبب موعظهٔ دلیرانهٔ خود در بند بود ،‏ یَهُوَه باعث شد که « هر روز قرص نانی از کوچهٔ خبّازان باو دادند تا همهٔ نان از شهر تمام شد .‏ » —‏ ارمیا ۳۷ :‏ ۲۱ .‏