Jeremiah 38
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Jeremiah 38:7-9

7Now when Ebed–melechH5663 the EthiopianH3569, oneH376 of the eunuchsH5631 which was in the king’sH4428 houseH1004, heardH8085 that they had putH5414 JeremiahH3414 in the dungeonH953; the kingH4428 then sittingH3427 in the gateH8179 of BenjaminH1144; 8Ebed–melechH5663 went forthH3318 out of the king’sH4428 houseH1004, and spakeH1696 to the kingH4428, sayingH559, 9My lordH113 the kingH4428, these menH582 have done evilH7489 in all that they have doneH6213 to JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030, whom they have castH7993 into the dungeonH953; and he is like to dieH4191 forH6440 hungerH7458 in the placeH8478 where he is: for there is no more breadH3899 in the cityH5892.1

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 38:9 he is like…: Heb. he will die. ↩

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