Jeremiah 38:8-10

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^8-9 Ebed Melech said, “My lord and king, these officials have done evil. They have treated Jeremiah the prophet badly. They have thrown him into a cistern and left him there to die.”^[a]

¹⁰ Then King Zedekiah gave a command to Ebed Melech, the Ethiopian. This was the command: “Ebed Melech, take three^[b] men from the palace with you, and go get Jeremiah out of the cistern before he dies.”