And Shephatiah{H8203} the son{H1121} of Mattan,{H4977} and Gedaliah{H1436} the son{H1121} of Pashhur,{H6583} and Jucal{H3116} the son{H1121} of Shelemiah,{H8018} and Pashhur{H6583} the son{H1121} of Malchijah,{H4441} heard{H8085} the words{H1697} that Jeremiah{H3414} spake{H1696} unto all the people,{H5971} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} He that abideth{H3427} in this city{H5892} shall die{H4191} by the sword,{H2719} by the famine,{H7458} and by the pestilence;{H1698} but he that goeth forth{H3318} to the Chaldeans{H3778} shall live,{H2421} and his life{H5315} shall be unto him for a prey,{H7998} and he shall live.{H2421}

Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} This city{H5892} shall surely{H5414} be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the army{H2428} of the king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and he shall take{H3920} it.

Then the princes{H8269} said{H559} unto the king,{H4428} Let this man,{H376} we pray thee, be put to death;{H4191} forasmuch{H3651} as he weakeneth{H7503} the hands{H3027} of the men{H582} of war{H4421} that remain{H7604} in this city,{H5892} and the hands{H3027} of all the people,{H5971} in speaking{H1696} such words{H1697} unto them: for this man{H376} seeketh{H1875} not the welfare{H7965} of this people,{H5971} but the hurt.{H7451}

And Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} said,{H559} Behold, he is in your hand;{H3027} for the king{H4428} is not he that can{H3201} do anything{H1697} against you.

Then took{H3947} they Jeremiah,{H3414} and cast{H7993} him into the dungeon{H953} of Malchijah{H4441} the king's{H4428} son,{H1121} that was in the court{H2691} of the guard:{H4307} and they let down{H7971} Jeremiah{H3414} with cords.{H2256} And in the dungeon{H953} there was no water,{H4325} but mire;{H2916} and Jeremiah{H3414} sank{H2883} in the mire.{H2916}

Now when Ebed-melech{H5663} the Ethiopian,{H3569} a{H376} eunuch,{H5631} who was in the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} heard{H8085} that they had put{H5414} Jeremiah{H3414} in the dungeon{H953} (the king{H4428} then sitting{H3427} in the gate{H8179} of Benjamin,){H1144}

Ebed-melech{H5663} went forth{H3318} out of the king's{H4428} house,{H1004} and spake{H1696} to the king,{H4428} saying,{H559}

My lord{H113} the king,{H4428} these men{H582} have done evil{H7489} in all that they have done{H6213} to Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet,{H5030} whom they have cast{H7993} into the dungeon;{H953} and he is like to die{H4191} in the place{H8478} where he is, because{H6440} of the famine;{H7458} for there is no more bread{H3899} in the city.{H5892}

Then the king{H4428} commanded{H6680} Ebed-melech{H5663} the Ethiopian,{H3569} saying,{H559} Take{H3947} from hence thirty{H7970} men{H582} with thee,{H3027} and take up{H5927} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} out of the dungeon,{H953} before he die.{H4191}

So Ebed-melech{H5663} took{H3947} the men{H582} with him,{H3027} and went{H935} into the house{H1004} of the king{H4428} under the treasury,{H214} and took{H3947} thence rags{H5499} and worn-out{H1094} garments,{H4418} and let them down{H7971} by cords{H2256} into the dungeon{H953} to Jeremiah.{H3414}

And Ebed-melech{H5663} the Ethiopian{H3569} said{H559} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} Put{H7760} now these rags{H5499} and worn-out{H1094} garments{H4418} under thine armholes{H679} under the cords.{H2256} And Jeremiah{H3414} did{H6213} so.

So they drew up{H4900} Jeremiah{H3414} with the cords,{H2256} and took him up{H5927} out of the dungeon:{H953} and Jeremiah{H3414} remained{H3427} in the court{H2691} of the guard.{H4307}

Then Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} sent,{H7971} and took{H3947} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} unto him into the third{H7992} entry{H3996} that is in the house{H1004} of Jehovah:{H3068} and the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} I will ask{H7592} thee a thing;{H1697} hide{H3582} nothing from me.

Then Jeremiah{H3414} said{H559} unto Zedekiah,{H6667} If I declare{H5046} it unto thee, wilt thou not surely{H4191} put me to death?{H4191} and if I give thee counsel,{H3289} thou wilt not hearken{H8085} unto me.

So Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} sware{H7650} secretly{H5643} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth,{H2416} that made{H6213} us this soul,{H5315} I will not put thee to death,{H4191} neither will I give{H5414} thee into the hand{H3027} of these men{H582} that seek{H1245} thy life.{H5315}

Then said{H559} Jeremiah{H3414} unto Zedekiah,{H6667} Thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} the God{H430} of Israel:{H3478} If thou wilt{H3318} go forth{H3318} unto the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then thy soul{H5315} shall live,{H2421} and this city{H5892} shall not be burned{H8313} with fire;{H784} and thou shalt live,{H2421} and thy house.{H1004}

But if thou wilt not go forth{H3318} to the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} then shall this city{H5892} be given{H5414} into the hand{H3027} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} and they shall burn{H8313} it with fire,{H784} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand.{H3027}

And Zedekiah{H6667} the king{H4428} said{H559} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} I am afraid{H1672} of the Jews{H3064} that are fallen{H5307} away to the Chaldeans,{H3778} lest they deliver{H5414} me into their hand,{H3027} and they mock{H5953} me.

But Jeremiah{H3414} said,{H559} They shall not deliver{H5414} thee. Obey,{H8085} I beseech thee, the voice{H6963} of Jehovah,{H3068} in that which I speak{H1696} unto thee: so it shall be well{H3190} with thee, and thy soul{H5315} shall live.{H2421}

But if thou refuse{H3986} to go forth,{H3318} this is the word{H1697} that Jehovah{H3068} hath showed{H7200} me:

behold, all the women{H802} that are left{H7604} in the king{H4428} of Judah's{H3063} house{H1004} shall be brought forth{H3318} to the king{H4428} of Babylon's{H894} princes,{H8269} and those women shall say,{H559} Thy familiar friends{H582} have set thee on,{H5496} and have prevailed{H3201} over thee: [now that] thy feet{H7272} are sunk{H2883} in the mire,{H1206} they are turned away{H5472} back.{H268}

And they shall bring out{H3318} all thy wives{H802} and thy children{H1121} to the Chaldeans;{H3778} and thou shalt not escape out{H4422} of their hand,{H3027} but shalt be taken{H8610} by the hand{H3027} of the king{H4428} of Babylon:{H894} and thou shalt cause this city{H5892} to be burned{H8313} with fire.{H784}

Then said{H559} Zedekiah{H6667} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} Let no man{H376} know{H3045} of these words,{H1697} and thou shalt not die.{H4191}

But if the princes{H8269} hear{H8085} that I have talked{H1696} with thee, and they come{H935} unto thee, and say{H559} unto thee, Declare{H5046} unto us now what thou hast said{H1696} unto the king;{H4428} hide{H3582} it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;{H4191} also what the king{H4428} said{H1696} unto thee:

then thou shalt say{H559} unto them, I presented{H5307} my supplication{H8467} before{H6440} the king,{H4428} that he would not cause me to return{H7725} to Jonathan's{H3083} house,{H1004} to die{H4191} there.

Then came{H935} all the princes{H8269} unto Jeremiah,{H3414} and asked{H7592} him; and he told{H5046} them according to all these words{H1697} that the king{H4428} had commanded.{H6680} So they left off speaking{H2790} with him; for the matter{H1697} was not perceived.{H8085}

So Jeremiah{H3414} abode{H3427} in the court{H2691} of the guard{H4307} until the day{H3117} that Jerusalem{H3389} was taken.{H3920}