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Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan ,
and Gedaliah the son of Pashur ,
and Jucal the son of Shelemiah ,
and Pashur the son of (
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For Zedekiah had sent these to Jeremiah to enquire at the Lord for the state of the country how when Nebuchadnezzar came ,
as in (
Jer_21
:1 ).(:
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Malchiah ,
heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people ,
saying ,
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Thus saith the LORD ,
He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword ,
by the famine ,
and by the pestilence :
but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live ;
for he shall have his life for (
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Read (
Jer_21
:9 ,
Jer_45
:5 ).(:
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a prize ,
and shall live .
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Thus sayth the Lord ,
This citie shall surely be giuen into the hand of the King of Babels armie ,
which shall take it .
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Therefore the princes said to the king ,
We beseech thee ,
let this man be put to death :
for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war (
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Thus we see how the wicked when they cannot abide to hear the truth of God '
s word ,
seek to put the ministers to death ,
as transgressors of policies .(:
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that remain in this city ,
and the hands of all the people ,
in speaking such words to them :
for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people ,
but the harm .
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Then Zedekiah the king said ,
Behold ,
he [
is ]
in your hand :
for the king [
is ]
not [
he that ]
can do [
any ] (
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In which he grievously offended in that not only would he not hear the truth spoken by the prophet ,
but also gave him to the lusts of the wicked to be cruelly treated .(:
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thing against you .
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Then tooke they Ieremiah ,
and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the sonne of Hammelech ,
that was in the court of the prison :
and they let downe Ieremiah with coards :
and in the dungeon there was no water but myre :
so Ieremiah stacke fast in the myre .
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Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite ,
one of the eunuchs who was in the king '
s house ,
heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon ;
the king then sitting in the (
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To hear matters and give sentence .(:
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gate of Benjamin ;
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And Ebed-melech went out of the Kings house ,
and spake to the King ,
saying ,
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My lord the king , (
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By this is declared that the prophet found more favour at this strangers hands ,
than he did by all them of his country ,
which was to their great condemnation .(:
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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 certain to die from hunger in the place where he is :
for [
there is ]
no more bread in the city .
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Then the King commaunded Ebed-melech the blacke More ,
saying ,
Take from hence thirtie men with thee ,
and take Ieremiah the Prophet out of the dungeon before he dye .
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So Ebed-melech tooke the men with him and went to the house of the King vnder the treasurie ,
and tooke there olde rotten ragges ,
and olde worne cloutes ,
and let them downe by coards into the dungeon to Ieremiah .
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And Ebed-melech the blacke More sayde vnto Ieremiah ,
Put now these olde rotten ragges and worne ,
vnder thine arme holes ,
betweene the coards ;
Ieremiah did so .
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So they drew up Jeremiah with cords ,
and took him out of the dungeon :
and Jeremiah remained in the (
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Where the king had set him before to be at more liberty ,
as in (
Jer_37
:21 ).(:
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court of the prison .