וַיְצַוֶּ֞ה הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ וַיַּפְקִ֣דוּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָהוּ֮ בַּחֲצַ֣ר הַמַּטָּרָה֒ וְנָתֹן֩ ל֨וֹ כִכַּר־לֶ֤חֶם לַיּוֹם֙ מִח֣וּץ הָאֹפִ֔ים עַד־תֹּ֥ם כָּל־הַלֶּ֖חֶם מִן־הָעִ֑יר וַיֵּ֣שֶׁב יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּחֲצַ֖ר הַמַּטָּרָֽה׃
Lalu Raja Zedekia memberi perintah, dan mereka menempatkan Yeremia di pelataran penjagaan. Setiap hari ia diberi sebuah roti dari pasar para tukang roti, sampai habis semua roti di kota itu. Demikianlah Yeremia tinggal di pelataran penjagaan.
Ibn Ezra
Nor that his bread should fail, as was the case with Micaiah and Jeremiah, who received but scanty food (1 Kings 22:27; Jer. xxxvii.)