A Voice
They have prisoned him in the pit, here in the palace.
[Cries of fury arise from the crowd]
Voices
Set him free.—He will save us.—Force the doors.—Jeremiah, Jeremiah! God has sent him to help us.—Jeremiah, man of God, come to our aid.—Down with the false prophets.—God spoke through Jeremiah.—Bring an axe to force the door.—Jeremiah shall be king.—Where is our saviour?
[For a time nothing can be heard but the cry, Jeremiah, Jeremiah, and the noise made by the beating of axes and staves upon the door. Suddenly the door is opened and the doorkeeper appears]
Doorkeeper
What would ye?
The Crowd
Let us pass.—Jeremiah, Jeremiah!