Jeremiah:38:1-13

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* And Shephatiah the son of Mattan , and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur , and Jucal the son of Shelemiah , and Pashhur the son of Malchijah , heard the words that Jeremiah spoke to all the people , saying , * Thus says Yahweh , He who remains in this city will die by the sword , by the famine , and by the pestilence ; but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans will live , and his life will be to him for a prey , and he will live . * Thus says Yahweh , This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon , and he will take it . * Then the princes said to the king , Let this man , we pray you , be put to death ; since he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in this city , and the hands of all the people , in speaking such words to them : for this man does not seek the welfare of this people , but the hurt . * And Zedekiah the king said , Look , he is in your (note :){+}(:note ) hand ; for the king is not he who can do anything against you {+}. * Then they took Jeremiah , and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king 's son , that was in the court of the guard : and they let down Jeremiah with cords . And in the dungeon there was no water , but mire ; and Jeremiah sank in the mire . * Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian , a eunuch , who was in the king 's house , heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin ,) * Ebed-melech went forth out of the king 's house , and spoke to the king , saying , * My lord the king , these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet , whom they have cast into the dungeon ; and he is likely to die in the place where he is , because of the famine ; for there is no more bread in the city . * Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian , saying , Take from here thirty men with you , and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon , before he dies . * So Ebed-melech took the men with him , and went into the house of the king under the treasury , and took from there rags and worn-out garments , and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah . * And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah , Put now these rags and worn-out garments under your armholes under the cords . And Jeremiah did so . * So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords , and took him up out of the dungeon : and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard .

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