acv Jeremiah:38:1-13
acv@Jeremiah:38:1 @ 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,
acv@Jeremiah:38:2 @ Thus says LORD: He who abides in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes forth to the Chaldeans shall live, and his life shall be to him for a prey, and he shall live.
acv@Jeremiah:38:3 @ Thus says LORD: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
acv@Jeremiah:38:4 @ Then the rulers said to the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death, inasmuch as he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words to them. For this ma
acv@Jeremiah:38:5 @ And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not he who can do anything against you.
acv@Jeremiah:38:6 @ 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 Jeremiah down with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire, and Jeremiah sank in th
acv@Jeremiah:38:7 @ 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),
acv@Jeremiah:38:8 @ Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying,
acv@Jeremiah:38:9 @ 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
acv@Jeremiah:38:10 @ Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon before he dies.
acv@Jeremiah:38:11 @ 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.
acv@Jeremiah:38:12 @ And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, Now put these rags and worn-out garments under thine armpits under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
acv@Jeremiah:38:13 @ 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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