Jeremiah 38:16 · BSB · Tamil Scripture

Jeremiah Cast into the Cistern

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal ¹son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people: 1Ch 9:12 Act 4:1-2 Act 4:6-10 Act 5:28 Ezr 2:3 Jer 21:1-10 Jer 37:3-4 Neh 11:12 “This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans ²will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live. Jer 39:18 Jer 34:17 Jer 45:5 Ezk 14:21 Jer 42:17 Ezk 5:12-17 Ezk 6:11 Ezk 7:15 This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.” Jer 21:10 Jer 32:3-5

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.” Jer 26:11 Act 16:20 1Ki 18:17-18 1Ki 21:20 Amo 7:10 Exo 5:4 Jer 29:7 Neh 6:9

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.” Jhn 19:12-16 2Sa 3:39 1Sa 15:24 1Sa 29:9 2Sa 19:22 Pro 29:25

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud. Jer 37:21 Jer 37:16 Jer 38:22 Psa 69:14-15 Psa 69:2 Act 16:24 Gen 37:24 Lam 3:52-55 Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, ³ a court official ⁴in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin, Amo 5:10 Deu 21:19 Jer 29:2 Jer 37:13 Jer 13:23 Jer 39:16-18 Luk 10:30-36 Luk 13:29-30 Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king, “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.” Jer 37:21 Est 7:4-6 Jer 52:6 Job 31:34 Pro 24:11-12 Pro 31:8-9

So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.” Est 5:2 Est 8:7 Pro 21:1 Psa 75:10

Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so, Eph 4:32 Rom 12:10 Rom 12:15 and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard. Jer 37:21 Act 23:35 Act 28:16 Act 28:30 1Ki 22:27 Act 24:23-26 Jer 38:28 Jer 38:6

Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.” 1Ki 22:16 Jer 21:1-2 Jer 37:17 1Sa 3:17-18 Jer 42:2-5 Jer 42:20 1Ki 10:5 2Ch 18:15

“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.” Luk 22:67-68

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.” Jer 37:17 Jer 38:1-6 Isa 57:16 Jhn 3:2 Zec 12:1 Jer 34:20 Num 16:22 Num 27:16

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive. Jer 27:12 Jer 27:17 Jer 38:2 Jer 21:8-10 Jer 39:3 2Ki 24:12 Jer 7:6-7 1Ch 17:24 But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’” 2Ki 25:4-10 Jer 24:8-10 Jer 32:3-5 Jer 38:3 2Ki 24:12 2Ki 25:27-30 Ezk 12:13 Ezk 17:20-21

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.” Jhn 12:42 Isa 51:12-13 Isa 57:11 Jer 38:22 Jhn 19:12-13 1Sa 31:4 Jer 39:9 1Sa 15:24

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live. Dan 4:27 Isa 55:3 Jer 26:13 2Ch 20:20 Act 26:29 2Co 5:11 2Co 5:20 2Co 6:1 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me: Ezk 2:4-5 Ezk 2:7 Act 18:6 Act 20:26-27 Exo 10:3-4 Exo 16:28 Ezk 3:17-19 Heb 12:25 All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: Jer 43:6 Lam 1:2 Lam 5:11 Isa 42:17 Jer 20:10 Jer 38:19 Jer 38:4-6 Jer 41:10

‘They misled you and overcame you—

those trusted friends of yours.

Your feet sank into the mire,

and they deserted you.’

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.” Jer 41:10 Jer 38:18 Jer 39:6 2Ch 36:20-21 2Ki 25:7 Jer 27:12-13 Jer 52:8-13 Ezk 14:9

Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die. If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’ Jer 38:27 Jer 38:4-6 then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’” Jer 37:20 Jer 37:15 Est 4:8 Jer 42:2

When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation. 1Sa 10:15-16 1Sa 16:2-5 2Ki 6:19 Act 23:6 And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured. Jer 37:21 Jer 39:14 Jer 15:20-21 Jer 38:13 Psa 23:4 2Ti 3:11 2Ti 4:17-18