Jeremiah 38
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Jeremiah 38:7-9

7But 1Ebed-melechH5663 the EthiopianH3569, 2a 3eunuchH5631, while he was in the king’sH4428 palaceH1004, heardH8085 that they had putH5414 JeremiahH3414 into the cisternH953. Now the kingH4428 was sittingH3427 in the 4GateH8179 of BenjaminH1144;

8and Ebed-melechH5663 wentH3318 out from the king’sH4428 palaceH1004 and spokeH1696 to the kingH4428, sayingH559,

9“My lordH113 the kingH4428, theseH428 menH376 have actedH7489 wickedlyH7489 in allH3605 that they have doneH6213 to JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 whomH834 they have castH7993 into the cisternH953; and he 5will dieH4191 rightH8478 whereH8478 he is becauseH4480H6440 of the famineH7458, for thereH369 is 6noH369 moreH5750 breadH3899 in the cityH5892.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 38:7 Jer 39:16 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 38:7 Or an official ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 38:7 Jer 29:2; Acts 8:27 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 38:7 Deut 21:19; Job 29:7; Jer 37:13; Amos 5:10 ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 38:9 M.T. reads has died ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 38:9 Jer 37:21; 52:6 ↩

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