V.2 Things get worse for Jeremiah. God said that any who stayed in Jerusalem would die, but those who go with the enemy would live. The princes are so angry, they ask the king to kill Jeremiah.
V.5-6 Jeremiah is cast into the dungeon. Some faithful men act to help him. God is a God of details. His way is perfect. The prison even is a place of safety for Jeremiah. God wanted Ebedmelech to hear a message, so He sends it through Jeremiah. What an encouragement this must have been to him.