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Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 38:19 ESV
King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Judeans who have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest I be handed over to them and they deal cruelly with me."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 38:11 ESV
So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 38:5 ESV
King Zedekiah said, "Behold, he is in your hands, for the king can do nothing against you."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
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.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 38:1 ESV
Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people,
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 37:21 ESV
So King Zedekiah gave orders, and they committed Jeremiah to the court of the guard. And a loaf of bread was given him daily from the bakers' street, until all the bread of the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 37:20 ESV
Now hear, please, O my lord the king: let my humble plea come before you and do not send me back to the house of Jonathan the secretary, lest I die there."
over 9 years ago
Sandra.Long972
highlighted Jeremiah 37:19 ESV
Where are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, 'The king of Babylon will not come against you and against this land'?
over 9 years ago