Jeremiah 38
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 38:4-6

4Then the 1officials said to the king, “Now let this man be put to death, inasmuch as he is 23discouraging the men of war who are left in this city and 4all the people, by speaking such words to them; for this man 5is not seeking the well-being of this people but rather their harm.”

5So King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your 6hands; for the king 7can do nothing against you.”

6Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the 8cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only 9mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 38:4 Jer 18:23; 26:11, 21; 36:12 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 38:4 Lit weakening the hands of ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 38:4 Ex 5:4; 1 Kin 18:17, 18; 21:20; Neh 6:9; Amos 7:10; Acts 16:20 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 38:4 Lit the hands of all ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 38:4 Jer 29:7 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 38:5 Lit hand ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 38:5 2 Sam 3:39 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 38:6 Jer 37:16, 21; Acts 16:24 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 38:6 Ps 40:2; 69:2, 14, 15; Jer 38:22; Zech 9:11 ↩

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