Maria Esther Torres
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Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:18 ESV
But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape from their hand."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:17 ESV
Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:16 ESV
Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, "As the Lord lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:15 ESV
Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:14 ESV
King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the Lord. The king said to Jeremiah, "I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:13 ESV
Then they drew Jeremiah up with ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:12 ESV
Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, "Put the rags and clothes between your armpits and the ropes." Jeremiah did so.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:10 ESV
Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, "Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:9 ESV
"My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:8 ESV
Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:7 ESV
When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:6 ESV
So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:4 ESV
Then the officials said to the king, "Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:5 ESV
King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, for the king can do nothing against you."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:3 ESV
Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken."
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 38:2 ESV
"Thus says the Lord: He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 37:18 ESV
Jeremiah also said to King Zedekiah, "What wrong have I done to you or your servants or this people, that you have put me in prison?
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 37:16 ESV
When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 37:15 ESV
And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison.
Jan 2
Maria Esther Torres
highlighted Jeremiah 37:14 ESV
And Jeremiah said, "It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans." But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.
Jan 2