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    Jeremiah 38

    1 Mattan’s son Shephatiah, Pashhur’s son Gedaliah, Shelemiah’s son Jucal, and Malchijah’s son Pashhur heard the words that Jeremiah was speaking to all the people:ISV — Jeremiah 38:1

    2 “This is what the LORD says: ‘Whoever stays in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by the plague, but the one who goes over to the Chaldeans will live. His life will be spared, a38:2 Lit. He will have his life as a spoil of war and he will live.’ISV — Jeremiah 38:2

    3 This is what the LORD says: ‘This city will surely be given to the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.’”ISV — Jeremiah 38:3

    4 Then the officials told the king, “Let this man be put to death because he’s undermining the efforts b38:4 Lit. weakening the hands of the soldiers who remain in this city and that of all the people by speaking words like these to them. Indeed, this man is not seeking the well-being of this people, but rather their harm.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:4

    5 King Zedekiah said, “Look, he’s in your hands, and the king can do nothing to you.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:5

    6 So they threw Jeremiah into a cistern that belonged to the king’s son Malchijah and was located in the courtyard of the guard. When they let Jeremiah down with ropes, because there was no water in the cistern—only mud—Jeremiah sank into the mud.ISV — Jeremiah 38:6

    7 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch c38:7 Or official in the king’s house, heard that Jeremiah had been put in the cistern. The king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate,ISV — Jeremiah 38:7

    8 so Ebed-melech went out of the palace and spoke to the king:ISV — Jeremiah 38:8

    9 “Your majesty, d38:9 Lit. My lord the king these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to the prophet Jeremiah by throwing him into the cistern. He will die where he is because of the famine since there is no more bread in the city.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:9

    10 Then the king ordered Ebed-melech the Ethiopian: e38:10 Lit. Cushite “Thirty men are at your disposal. Take them with you and bring up Jeremiah the prophet from the cistern before he dies.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:10

    11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the palace, underneath the storeroom. He took worn out rags and worn out clothes from there, and using ropes he lowered them down to Jeremiah in the cistern.ISV — Jeremiah 38:11

    12 Ebed-melech the Ethiopian told Jeremiah, “Put the worn out rags and clothes under your armpits under the ropes,” and Jeremiah did as he said. f38:12 Lit. did thusISV — Jeremiah 38:12

    13 They pulled Jeremiah with the ropes and brought him up from the cistern, but Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.ISV — Jeremiah 38:13

    14 King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and had him brought to him g38:14 Lit. sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to him at the third entrance to the LORD’s Temple. The king told Jeremiah, “I’m going to ask you something, and don’t hide anything from me.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:14

    15 Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “When I tell you, you will surely put me to death, won’t you? And when I give you advice, you don’t listen to me.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:15

    16 Then King Zedekiah, in secret, swore an oath to Jeremiah: “As surely as the LORD lives, who gave us this life to live, I won’t have you put to death, nor will I hand you over to these men who are seeking to kill you.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:16

    17 So Jeremiah told Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will immediately surrender h38:17 Lit. go out to the officers i38:17 Or officials of the king of Babylon, then you will live, and this city won’t be burned with fire. Both you and your family will live.ISV — Jeremiah 38:17

    18 But if you don’t surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be given to the Chaldeans, and they’ll burn it with fire. You won’t escape from their hands.’”ISV — Jeremiah 38:18

    19 Then King Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “I’m afraid of the Judeans who have gone over to the Chaldeans. The Chaldeans j38:19 Lit. They may turn me over to them, k38:19 Lit. may give me into their hands and they may treat me harshly.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:19

    20 Jeremiah said, “They won’t turn you over. Obey the LORD in what I’m telling you, and it will go well for you and you will live.ISV — Jeremiah 38:20

    21 But if you refuse to surrender, l38:21 Lit. to go out this is what the LORD has shown me:ISV — Jeremiah 38:21

    22 Look, all the women who are left in the house of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officers of the king of Babylon, and will say, ‘These friends of yours have mislead you and overcome you. Your feet have sunk down into the mire, but they have turned away.’ISV — Jeremiah 38:22

    23 “They’ll bring all your women and children out to the Chaldeans, and you won’t escape from their hand. Indeed, you will be seized by the hand of the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned with fire.”ISV — Jeremiah 38:23

    24 Then Zedekiah told Jeremiah, “Don’t let anyone know about these words and you won’t die.ISV — Jeremiah 38:24

    25 If the officials hear that I’ve spoken with you, and they come to you and say, m38:25 Lit. say to you ‘Tell us what you told the king, and what the king told you; don’t hide it from us, and we won’t put you to death,’ISV — Jeremiah 38:25

    26 then you are to say to them, ‘I was presenting my request to the king that I not be taken back to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”ISV — Jeremiah 38:26

    27 When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he replied to them exactly as the king had ordered him. n38:27 Lit. according to all these words that the king ordered him So they stopped speaking with him because the conversation had not been overheard.ISV — Jeremiah 38:27

    28 Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.ISV — Jeremiah 38:28

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