Jeremiah 38:8

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Ebed-Melech went out of the palace and said to the king,

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  • Jer 38:9-15
    7 verses
    88%

    9 "My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern, where he will die from hunger, since there is no longer any bread in the city."

    10 The king commanded Ebed-Melech the Cushite, "Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."

    11 So Ebed-Melech took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down to Jeremiah in the cistern with ropes.

    12 Ebed-Melech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, "Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes." Jeremiah did so,

    13 and they pulled Jeremiah up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah stayed in the courtyard of the guard.

    14 Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to the third entrance to the temple of the LORD. "I am going to ask you something," the king said to Jeremiah. "Do not hide anything from me."

    15 Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I give you an answer, will you not put me to death? And even if I did give you advice, you would not listen to me."

  • Jer 38:5-7
    3 verses
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    5 King Zedekiah replied, "He is in your hands. The king can do nothing to oppose you."

    6 So they took Jeremiah and threw him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah by ropes. There was no water in the cistern, only mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

    7 Now Ebed-Melech, a Cushite, an official in the royal palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Benjamin Gate,

  • Jer 39:14-16
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    14 They sent and brought Jeremiah from the courtyard of the guard and handed him over to Gedaliah, son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he stayed among the people.

    15 While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the Lord came to him saying,

    16 'Go and say to Ebed-Melech the Cushite, This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to bring my words against this city for disaster and not for good, and they will happen before your eyes on that day.

  • Jer 37:16-21
    6 verses
    76%

    16 When Jeremiah was put into the dungeon and the cells, he remained there for many days.

    17 Then King Zedekiah sent for him and secretly questioned him in his palace, saying, "Is there any word from the LORD?" Jeremiah replied, "There is. You will be handed over to the king of Babylon."

    18 Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, "What crime have I committed against you, your officials, or this people, to justify putting me in prison?

    19 Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you or this land'?

    20 Now please hear me, my lord the king. Let my plea come before you: Do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the scribe, or I will die there.

    21 So King Zedekiah commanded that Jeremiah be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the bakers' street until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

  • Jer 38:24-27
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    24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "Do not let anyone know about these matters, or you may die.

    25 If the officials hear that I talked with you and come to you, saying, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will put you to death,’

    26 then tell them, ‘I was pleading with the king not to send me back to Jonathan’s house to die there.’"

    27 All the officials did come to Jeremiah and questioned him, and he told them everything the king had ordered him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had heard the conversation.

  • Jer 38:1
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    1 Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchiah heard the words Jeremiah was speaking to all the people:

  • Jer 37:3-6
    4 verses
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    3 King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah to the prophet Jeremiah with this message: "Please pray to the LORD our God for us."

    4 Now Jeremiah was free to come and go among the people, for he had not yet been put into prison.

    5 Pharaoh's army had marched out of Egypt, and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard the report about them, they withdrew from the city.

    6 Then the word of the LORD came to the prophet Jeremiah:

  • Jer 39:11
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    11 Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, gave orders concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard.

  • Jer 22:1
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    1 This is what the LORD says: Go down to the house of the king of Judah and deliver this message there.

  • Jer 38:21
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    21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word the LORD has shown me:

  • Jer 21:3
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    3 But Jeremiah said to them, "This is what you shall say to Zedekiah:

  • Jer 38:17-19
    3 verses
    73%

    17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "This is what the LORD God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, your life will be spared and this city will not be burned down; you and your family will live.

    18 But if you will not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, this city will be given into the hands of the Babylonians, and they will burn it down; you yourself will not escape from their hands.’"

    19 King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have gone over to the Babylonians, for the Babylonians may hand me over to them, and they will mistreat me."

  • Jer 36:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 After they put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported all these words to him.

    21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary and read it aloud to the king and all the officials standing by him.

  • Jer 34:8
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    8 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty to them:

  • Jer 34:6
    72%

    6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words to Zedekiah, king of Judah, in Jerusalem.

  • Jer 21:1
    71%

    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent Pashhur son of Malkijah and Zephaniah son of Maaseiah the priest to him, saying,

  • Jer 26:22
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    22 Then King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and some others went with him.

  • Jer 13:8
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    8 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Jer 32:6
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    6 Jeremiah said, "The word of the LORD came to me, saying:

  • Jer 40:5
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    5 'If you prefer not to come with me,' he continued, 'then go back to Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the towns of Judah, and stay with him among the people, or go anywhere it seems right to you.' Then the captain of the guard gave him food and a present and sent him on his way.

  • Jer 36:8
    71%

    8 Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet commanded him. He read from the scroll the words of the LORD in the house of the LORD.

  • Jer 35:12
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    12 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:

  • Jer 40:1
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    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD after Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had released him at Ramah. He was bound in chains among the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being taken to Babylon.

  • Jer 36:27
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    27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

  • Jer 18:1
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    1 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:

  • Jer 43:8
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    8 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes:

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