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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."

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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."

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highlighted Jeremiah 38:8 ESV

Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,

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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—

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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.

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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."

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highlighted Jeremiah 38:5 ESV

King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, for the king can do nothing against you."

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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."

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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.

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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?

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:16 ESV

When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,

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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.

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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.

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:13 ESV

When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "You are deserting to the Chaldeans."

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:10 ESV

For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and burn this city with fire.'"

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:7 ESV

"Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who sent you to me to inquire of me, 'Behold, Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to return to Egypt, to its own land.

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:8 ESV

And the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. They shall capture it and burn it with fire.

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:9 ESV

Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, "The Chaldeans will surely go away from us," for they will not go away.

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highlighted Jeremiah 37:3 ESV

King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Please pray for us to the Lord our God."

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finished reading Jeremiah 35, Jeremiah 36, Psalms 116, 1 Corinthians 10 in Bible in One Year:

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:...

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