Jeremiah 38:8-10

Contemporary English Version

^7-8 Ebedmelech from Ethiopia^[a] was an official at the palace, and he heard what they had done to me. So he went to speak with King Zedekiah, who was holding court at Benjamin Gate. ⁹ Ebedmelech said, “Your Majesty, Jeremiah is a prophet, and those men were wrong to throw him into a well. And when Jerusalem runs out of food, Jeremiah will starve to death down there.”

¹⁰ Zedekiah answered, “Take 30^[b] of my soldiers and pull Jeremiah out before he dies.”