Jeremiah Chapter 38

• Jeremiah 38:1
  Jeremiah.
• Jeremiah 38:2
  Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah heard the words that Jeremiah ...
• Jeremiah 38:3
  “The LORD says, ‘He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans will li...
• Jeremiah 38:4
  The LORD says, ‘This city will surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will take it.’”
• Jeremiah 38:5
  Then the princes said to the king, “Please let this man be put to death, because he weakens the hands of the men of war who remain in this city, and t...
• Jeremiah 38:6
  Zedekiah the king said, “Behold, he is in your hand; for the king can’t do anything to oppose you.”
• Jeremiah 38:7
  Then they took Jeremiah and threw him into the dungeon of Malchijah the king’s son, that was in the court of the guard. They let down Jeremiah with co...
• Jeremiah 38:8
  Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon (the king was then sitting i...
• Jeremiah 38:9
  Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,
• Jeremiah 38:10
  “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. He is likely to ...
• Jeremiah 38:11
  Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, “Take from here thirty men with you, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, be...
• Jeremiah 38:12
  So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there rags and worn-out garments, and let t...
• Jeremiah 38:13
  Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said to Jeremiah, “Now put these rags and worn-out garments under your armpits under the cords.” Jeremiah did so.
• Jeremiah 38:14
  So they lifted Jeremiah up with the cords, and took him up out of the dungeon; and Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard.
• Jeremiah 38:15
  Then Zedekiah the king sent and took Jeremiah the prophet to himself into the third entry that is in the LORD’s house. Then the king said to Jeremiah,...
• Jeremiah 38:16
  Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I declare it to you, will you not surely put me to death? If I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”
• Jeremiah 38:17
  So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, “As the LORD lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death, neither will I give you ...
• Jeremiah 38:18
  Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “The LORD, the God of Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you will go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your...
• Jeremiah 38:19
  But if you will not go out to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this city will be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they will burn it with f...
• Jeremiah 38:20
  Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock m...
• Jeremiah 38:21
  But Jeremiah said, “They won’t deliver you. Obey, I beg you, the LORD’s voice, in that which I speak to you; so it will be well with you, and your sou...
• Jeremiah 38:22
  But if you refuse to go out, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:
• Jeremiah 38:23
  ‘Behold, all the women who are left in the king of Judah’s house will be brought out to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women will say, “Your...
• Jeremiah 38:24
  They will bring out all your wives and your children to the Chaldeans. You won’t escape out of their hand, but will be taken by the hand of the king o...
• Jeremiah 38:25
  Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no man know of these words, and you won’t die.
• Jeremiah 38:26
  But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and tell you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king; don’t hide...
• Jeremiah 38:27
  then you shall tell them, ‘I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.’”
• Jeremiah 38:28
  Then all the princes came to Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speak...
• Jeremiah 38:29
  So Jeremiah stayed in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken.