Jeremiah:38:1-13

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ylt @Jeremiah:38:1 @And Shephatiah son of Mattan , and Gedaliah son of Pashhur , and Jucal son of Shelemiah , and Pashhur son of Malchiah , hear the words that Jeremiah is speaking unto all the people , saying , ylt @Jeremiah:38:2 @'Thus said Jehovah : He who is remaining in this city dieth , by sword , by famine , and by pestilence , and he who is going forth unto the Chaldeans liveth , and his soul hath been to him for a prey , and he liveth . ylt @Jeremiah:38:3 @Thus said Jehovah : This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon , and he hath captured it .' ylt @Jeremiah:38:4 @And the heads say unto the king , 'Let , we pray thee , this man be put to death , because that he is making feeble the hands of the men of war , who are left in this city , and the hands of all the people , by speaking unto them according to these words , for this man is not seeking for the peace of this people , but for its evil .' ylt @Jeremiah:38:5 @And the king Zedekiah saith , 'Lo , he [is ] in your hand : for the king is not able for you [in ] anything .' ylt @Jeremiah:38:6 @And they take Jeremiah , and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king , that [is ] in the court of the prison , and they send down Jeremiah with cords ; and in the pit there is no water , but mire , and Jeremiah sinketh in the mire . ylt @Jeremiah:38:7 @And Ebed-Melech the Cushite , a eunuch who [is ] in the king 's house , heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit ; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin , ylt @Jeremiah:38:8 @and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king 's house , and speaketh unto the king , saying , ylt @Jeremiah:38:9 @'My lord , O king , these men have done evil [in ] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet , whom they have cast into the pit , and he dieth in his place because of the famine , for there is no more bread in the city .' ylt @Jeremiah:38:10 @And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite , saying , 'Take with thee from this thirty men , and thou hast brought up Jeremiah the prophet from the pit , before he dieth .' ylt @Jeremiah:38:11 @And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him , and entereth the house of the king , unto the place of the treasury , and taketh thence worn-out clouts , and worn-out rags , and sendeth them unto Jeremiah unto the pit by cords . ylt @Jeremiah:38:12 @And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah , 'Put , I pray thee , the worn-out clouts and rags under thine arm-holes , at the place of the cords ,' and Jeremiah doth so , ylt @Jeremiah:38:13 @and they draw out Jeremiah with cords , and bring him up out of the pit , and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison .

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