Verse 8
Jeremiah 38:8
Free Bible Version
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“My lord the king, all these terrible things these men have done to Jeremiah the prophet are evil. They've put him in the cistern, and he'll starve to death there because there's no more bread left in the city.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֵּצֵ֥א עֶֽבֶד מֶ֖לֶךְ מִ/בֵּ֣ית הַ/מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ/יְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל הַ/מֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
And a servant of the king went out from the house of the king and spoke to the king, saying.
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Chapter 38 Context
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Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchi...
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This is what the Lord says: Anyone who remains in this city will die from war and famine and disease...
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This is what the Lord says: Be sure of this—Jerusalem will be handed over to the army of the king of...
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The officers told the king, “This man deserves to die because he's demoralizing the defenders left i...
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“Well, you can do whatever you want to him,” King Zedekiah replied. “I can't stop you.”
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So they took Jeremiah and put him in the cistern belonging to Malchiah, the king's son, which was in...
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Ebed-melech the Cushite, a royal official in the king's palace, found out that they had put Jeremiah...
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“My lord the king, all these terrible things these men have done to Jeremiah the prophet are evil. T...
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So the king gave the order to Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men with you and go and pull Jer...
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10
Ebed-melech took the men and went to the storehouse under the palace. He took some rags and old clot...
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11
Ebed-melech the Cushite called down to Jeremiah, “Put these rags and old clothes under your arms to...
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and using the ropes they pulled him up and took him out of the cistern. Jeremiah stayed there in the...
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13
Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and met him at the third Temple entrance. “I need t...
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14
“If I tell you then you'll definitely have me killed,” Jeremiah replied. “Even if I were to give you...
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15
King Zedekiah solemnly promised Jeremiah in private, “As the Lord lives, who gave us this life, I wo...
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Then Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “This is what the Lord God (Elohim) Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israe...
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But if you don't hand yourself over to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be g...
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But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of those people of Judah who have gone over to the...
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19
“They won't hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “If you obey what the Lord says by doing what I tell y...
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20
But if you refuse to hand yourself over, this is what the Lord has told me:
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21
All the women who are left in the palace of the king of Judah will be led out and handed over to the...
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All your wives and children will be handed over to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape,...
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Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Nobody can find out about this conversation, otherwise you'll die.
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If the officers find out that I've talked with you, and they come and ask you, ‘Tell us what you and...
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then you are to tell them, ‘I was asking the king to grant my request not to return me to the house...
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When all the officers came to Jeremiah wanting to know, he repeated to them exactly what the king ha...
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