Jeremiah 38:7-9

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁷ Now Abdemelech the Ethiopian, an eunuch that was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremias in the dungeon: but the king was sitting in the gate of Benjamin.

⁸ And Abdemelech went out of the king's house, and spoke to the king, saying:

⁹ My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done against Jeremias the prophet, casting him into the dungeon to die there with hunger, for there is no more bread in the city.