Jeremiah 38
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Jeremiah 38:7-9

7Now Ebed-melechH5663 the CushiteH3569H376,1 a court officialH5631H19312 in the royalH4428H3588 palaceH1004, heardH8085 that JeremiahH3414 had been putH5414 intoH413 the cisternH953. While the kingH4428 was sittingH3427 at the GateH8179 of BenjaminH1144, 8Ebed-melechH5663 went outH3318 from the king’sH4428 palaceH1004 and saidH1696 toH413 the kingH4428H559, 9“My lordH113 the kingH4428, theseH428 menH582 have acted wickedlyH7489 in allH3605 thatH834 they have doneH6213 to JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030. They have dropped himH7993 intoH413 the cisternH953, whereH8478 he will starve to deathH4191H6440H7458, forH3588 there is noH369 moreH5750 breadH3899 in the cityH5892.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 38:7 Probably from the upper Nile region ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 38:7 Or eunuch ↩

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