Jeremiah was telling all the people, “This is what the Lord says…”
Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
The officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this one must die! That kind of talk will undermine the morale of the few fighting men we have left, as well as that of all the people. This one is a traitor!”
King Zedekiah agreed. “All right,” he said. “Do as you like. I can’t stop you.”
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp with some of his officials on March 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signs a new voter suppression law on March 25, 2021. (Gov. Kemp’s Twitter account)
So the officials took Jeremiah and put Jeremiah into an empty cistern in the prison yard.
Georgia State Rep. Park Cannon is placed in handcuffs by Georgia State Troopers after being asked to stop knocking on a door that leads to Gov. Brian Kemp’s office while Kemp was signing a voter suppression bill in the Georgia State Capitol Building on March 25, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
(Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
(Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
