Jeremiah 38:19
The Scripture
(19) 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.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
Jeremiah 38 opens with the princes casting Jeremiah into a muddy cistern for prophesying surrender to Babylon, where he sinks in the mire. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian pleads for his life and lifts him out with rags and cords, and he is kept in the court of the prison. The chapter closes with King Zedekiah secretly consulting Jeremiah, who urges surrender to spare the city, and the king swearing him to silence until Jerusalem falls.
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Jeremiah 38:5I Samuel 15:24Job 31:34Proverbs 29:25Isaiah 51:12Isaiah 51:13Isaiah 57:11John 12:42John 19:12John 19:13Jeremiah 38:22Judges 9:54
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