According to Jeremiah chapter 38, during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem (587 BCE), the prophet is sent to prison for prophesying that  rebellion against Babylon will lead to destruction – that Babylonian rule must be accepted as a punishment for the nation’s sins.  One day King Zedekiah has Jeremiah brought up from the prison secretly, to ask him what will be.

This is what the Lord has shown me if you refuse to surrender…  They will bring out all your wives and children to the Chaldeans, and you yourself will not escape from them – You will be captured by the king of Babylon, and this city shall be burned down.  Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.”  (Jer. 38:21-4) 

The prophecy shortly came true.  Later, the Talmud relates an episode during the Great Revolt against Rome in 67-73 CE:

The biryonim (extremist rebels) were then [in the city]. The Rabbis said to them, “Let us go and make peace with [the Romans],” but they wouldn’t let them, saying, “Let us go and fight them.”  The Rabbis said to them, “You cannot succeed.” So [the........

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