Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 37:17

"Then Zedekiah the king sent, and fetched him: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from Jehovah? And Jeremiah said, There is. He said also, Thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon." — Jeremiah 37:17 (ASV)

Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out ... —The king seems to have been at once better than his counselors and afraid of them. He regrets the severity of the prophet’s treatment, and hopes that there may yet be “a word of the Lord” less harsh than before, and for this reason summons him to his palace, just as he had previously sent to ask for his intercession. The prophet, however, is true to his calling, and not even the hope of gaining protection against his persecutors will lead him to change one jot or tittle of his message. He answers with stern abruptness and adds the new prediction that the king himself will be taken prisoner—this current account being earlier than Jeremiah 32:4-5.