Verse 11
Jeremiah 38:11
New Living Translation
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So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he found some old rags and discarded clothing. He carried these to the cistern and lowered them to Jeremiah on a rope.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח עֶֽבֶד מֶ֨לֶךְ אֶת הָ/אֲנָשִׁ֜ים בְּ/יָד֗/וֹ וַ/יָּבֹ֤א בֵית הַ/מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ אֶל תַּ֣חַת הָ/אוֹצָ֔ר וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח מִ/שָּׁם֙ בְּלוֹיֵ֣ ה/סחבות סְחָב֔וֹת וּ/בְלוֹיֵ֖ מְלָחִ֑ים וַ/יְשַׁלְּחֵ֧/ם אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֛הוּ אֶל הַ/בּ֖וֹר בַּ/חֲבָלִֽים
English Translation
And the king's servant took the men by his hand and brought them to the king's house into the treasure and took from there old rags and salt and sent them to Jeremiah into the pit by ropes.
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Chapter 38 Context
1
Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jehucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of...
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2
“This is what the LORD says: ‘Everyone who stays in Jerusalem will die from war, famine, or disease,...
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3
The LORD also says: ‘The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of...
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4
So these officials went to the king and said, “Sir, this man must die! That kind of talk will underm...
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5
King Zedekiah agreed. “All right,” he said. “Do as you like. I can’t stop you.”
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6
So the officials took Jeremiah from his cell and lowered him by ropes into an empty cistern in the p...
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7
But Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, an important court official, heard that Jeremiah was in the cistern....
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8
so Ebed-melech rushed from the palace to speak with him.
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9
“My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah the prophet...
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10
So the king told Ebed-melech, “Take thirty of my men with you, and pull Jeremiah out of the cistern...
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11
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to a room in the palace beneath the treasury, where he...
12
Ebed-melech called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags under your armpits to protect you from the rope...
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13
they pulled him out. So Jeremiah was returned to the courtyard of the guard — the palace prison — wh...
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14
One day King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and had him brought to the third entrance of the LORD’s Temp...
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15
Jeremiah said, “If I tell you the truth, you will kill me. And if I give you advice, you won’t liste...
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16
So King Zedekiah secretly promised him, “As surely as the LORD our Creator lives, I will not kill yo...
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17
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God (Elohim) of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elo...
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18
But if you refuse to surrender, you will not escape! This city will be handed over to the Babylonian...
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19
“But I am afraid to surrender,” the king said, “for the Babylonians may hand me over to the Judeans...
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20
Jeremiah replied, “You won’t be handed over to them if you choose to obey the LORD. Your life will b...
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21
But if you refuse to surrender, this is what the LORD has revealed to me:
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22
All the women left in your palace will be brought out and given to the officers of the Babylonian ar...
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23
All your wives and children will be led out to the Babylonians, and you will not escape. You will be...
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24
Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Don’t tell anyone you told me this, or you will die!
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25
My officials may hear that I spoke to you, and they may say, ‘Tell us what you and the king were tal...
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26
If this happens, just tell them you begged me not to send you back to Jonathan’s dungeon, for fear y...
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27
Sure enough, it wasn’t long before the king’s officials came to Jeremiah and asked him why the king...
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28
And Jeremiah remained a prisoner in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
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