¹⁰ And your food that you eat shall be ^(A)by weight, ^(B)twenty shekels^[a] a day; from day to day^[b] you shall eat it.

¹⁹ And say to the people of the land, Thus says the Lord God concerning the inhabitants of Jerusalem in the land of Israel: ^(A)They shall eat their bread with anxiety, ^(B)and drink water in dismay. In this way ^(C)her land will be stripped of all it contains, ^(D)on account of the violence of all those who dwell in it.

²¹ So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to ^(A)the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, ^(B)until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in ^(C)the court of the guard.