Jeremiah 38:10-12

Contemporary English Version

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

¹¹ Ebedmelech and the soldiers went to the palace and got some rags from the room under the treasury. He used ropes to lower them into the well. ¹² Then he said, “Put these rags under your arms so the ropes won't hurt you.” After I did,