Verse 7
Jeremiah 38:7
Young's Literal Translation
7
And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jeremiah into the pit; and the king is sitting at the gate of Benjamin,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁמַ֡ע עֶֽבֶד מֶ֨לֶךְ הַ/כּוּשִׁ֜י אִ֣ישׁ סָרִ֗יס וְ/הוּא֙ בְּ/בֵ֣ית הַ/מֶּ֔לֶךְ כִּֽי נָתְנ֥וּ אֶֽת יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ אֶל הַ/בּ֑וֹר וְ/הַ/מֶּ֥לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בְּ/שַׁ֥עַר בִּנְיָמִֽן
English Translation
And the servant of the king of the Cushite heard that they had put Jeremiah in the pit, and the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin.
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Chapter 38 Context
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And Shephatiah son of Mattan, and Gedaliah son of Pashhur, and Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur s...
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Thus said Jehovah: This city is certainly given into the hand of the force of the king of Babylon, a...
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And the heads say unto the king, 'Let, we pray thee, this man be put to death, because that he is ma...
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And the king Zedekiah saith, 'Lo, he [is] in your hand: for the king is not able for you [in] anythi...
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And they take Jeremiah, and cast him into the pit of Malchiah son of the king, that [is] in the cour...
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And Ebed-Melech the Cushite, a eunuch who [is] in the king's house, heareth that they have put Jerem...
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and Ebed-Melech goeth forth from the king's house, and speaketh unto the king, saying,
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'My lord, O king, these men have done evil [in] all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, who...
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And the king commandeth Ebed-Melech the Cushite, saying, 'Take with thee from this thirty men, and t...
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And Ebed-Melech taketh the men with him, and entereth the house of the king, unto the place of the t...
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And Ebed-Melech the Cushite saith unto Jeremiah, 'Put, I pray thee, the worn-out clouts and rags und...
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and they draw out Jeremiah with cords, and bring him up out of the pit, and Jeremiah dwelleth in the...
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And the king Zedekiah sendeth, and taketh Jeremiah the prophet unto him, unto the third entrance tha...
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And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, 'When I declare to thee, dost thou not surely put me to death? and...
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And the king Zedekiah sweareth unto Jeremiah in secret, saying, 'Jehovah liveth, He who made for us...
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And Jeremiah saith unto Zedekiah, 'Thus said Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Hosts, God (Elohim) of Israel:...
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And if thou dost not go forth unto the heads of the king of Babylon, then hath this city been given...
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And the king Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, 'I am fearing the Jews who have fallen unto the Chaldeans...
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And Jeremiah saith, 'They do not give thee up; hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of Jehovah, to tha...
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'And if thou art refusing to go forth, this [is] the thing that Jehovah hath shewn me:
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That, lo, all the women who have been left in the house of the king of Judah are brought forth unto...
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'And all thy wives, and thy sons, are brought forth unto the Chaldeans, and thou dost not escape fro...
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And Zedekiah saith unto Jeremiah, 'Let no man know of these words, and thou dost not die;
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and when the heads hear that I have spoken with thee, and they have come in unto thee, and have said...
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then thou hast said unto them, I am causing my supplication to fall before the king, not to cause me...
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And all the heads come in unto Jeremiah, and ask him, and he declareth to them according to all thes...
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and Jeremiah dwelleth in the court of the prison till the day that Jerusalem hath been captured, and...
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