Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, 1Ch 9:12Act 4:1-2Act 4:6-10Act 5:28Ezr 2:3Jer 21:1-10Jer 37:3-4Neh 11:12 Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Jer 39:18Jer 34:17Jer 45:5Ezk 14:21Jer 42:17Ezk 5:12-17Ezk 6:11Ezk 7:15 Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. Jer 21:10Jer 32:3-5 Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt. 1 Jer 26:11Act 16:201Ki 18:17-181Ki 21:20Amo 7:10Exo 5:4Jer 29:7Neh 6:9 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. Jhn 19:12-162Sa 3:391Sa 15:241Sa 29:92Sa 19:22Pro 29:25 Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 2 Jer 37:21Jer 37:16Jer 38:22Psa 69:14-15Psa 69:2Act 16:24Gen 37:24Lam 3:52-55
¶ Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; Amo 5:10Deu 21:19Jer 29:2Jer 37:13Jer 13:23Jer 39:16-18Luk 10:30-36Luk 13:29-30 Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying, My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city. 3 Jer 37:21Est 7:4-6Jer 52:6Job 31:34Pro 24:11-12Pro 31:8-9 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 4 Est 5:2Est 8:7Pro 21:1Psa 75:10 So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. Eph 4:32Rom 12:10Rom 12:15 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Jer 37:21Act 23:35Act 28:16Act 28:301Ki 22:27Act 24:23-26Jer 38:28Jer 38:6
¶ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. 5 1Ki 22:16Jer 21:1-2Jer 37:171Sa 3:17-18Jer 42:2-5Jer 42:201Ki 10:52Ch 18:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? Luk 22:67-68 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. Jer 37:17Jer 38:1-6Isa 57:16Jhn 3:2Zec 12:1Jer 34:20Num 16:22Num 27:16 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: Jer 27:12Jer 27:17Jer 38:2Jer 21:8-10Jer 39:32Ki 24:12Jer 7:6-71Ch 17:24 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. 2Ki 25:4-10Jer 24:8-10Jer 32:3-5Jer 38:32Ki 24:122Ki 25:27-30Ezk 12:13Ezk 17:20-21 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. Jhn 12:42Isa 51:12-13Isa 57:11Jer 38:22Jhn 19:12-131Sa 31:4Jer 39:91Sa 15:24 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. Dan 4:27Isa 55:3Jer 26:132Ch 20:20Act 26:292Co 5:112Co 5:202Co 6:1 But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me: Ezk 2:4-5Ezk 2:7Act 18:6Act 20:26-27Exo 10:3-4Exo 16:28Ezk 3:17-19Heb 12:25 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, and they are turned away back. 6 Jer 43:6Lam 1:2Lam 5:11Isa 42:17Jer 20:10Jer 38:19Jer 38:4-6Jer 41:10 So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. 7 Jer 41:10Jer 38:18Jer 39:62Ch 36:20-212Ki 25:7Jer 27:12-13Jer 52:8-13Ezk 14:9
¶ Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die. But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast said unto the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said unto thee: Jer 38:27Jer 38:4-6 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there. Jer 37:20Jer 37:15Est 4:8Jer 42:2 Then came all the princes unto Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they left off speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived. 8 1Sa 10:15-161Sa 16:2-52Ki 6:19Act 23:6 So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken. Jer 37:21Jer 39:14Jer 15:20-21Jer 38:13Psa 23:42Ti 3:112Ti 4:17-18