Jeremiah 38:10-12

Holman Christian Standard Bible

¹⁰ So the king commanded Ebed-melech, the Cushite, “Take from here 30 men under your authority and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the cistern before he dies.”

¹¹ So Ebed-melech took the men under his authority and went to the king’s palace to a place below the storehouse.^[a] From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them by ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern. ¹² Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Place these old rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,