Jeremiah 38:9-11

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^8-9Ebed 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]

¹⁰Then 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.”

¹¹So Ebed Melech took the men with him. But first he went to a room under the storeroom in the king’s palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from that room. Then he let the rags down with some ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 38:8 left him there to die Literally, “he will starve to death because there is no more bread in the city.”
Jeremiah 38:10 three This is found in one ancient Hebrew copy. Most Hebrew copies have “30.”