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Jeremiah Chapter 38

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 38 recounts how the princes, hearing Jeremiah declare that whoever stays in the city will die by sword, famine, and pestilence while whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live, demand his death and cast him into the muddy cistern of Malchiah, where he sinks in the mire. Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, a court eunuch, pleads with the king and lowers old clothes and rags on cords to lift Jeremiah out, and he is kept in the court of the prison. King Zedekiah secretly consults Jeremiah, who urges him to surrender to the king of Babylon's officers so the city will not be burned and his house spared, and the king swears him to secrecy about their conversation, so the princes leave him alone and he remains in the prison court until Jerusalem is taken.

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(1) 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,
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Ezra 2:3Nehemiah 7:9Jeremiah 37:4Jeremiah 21:1Jeremiah 21:2Jeremiah 21:3Jeremiah 21:4Jeremiah 21:5Jeremiah 21:6Jeremiah 21:7Jeremiah 21:8Jeremiah 21:9

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Jeremiah 20:3Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 20:1Jeremiah 20:2Jeremiah 21:1Nehemiah 11:12

(2) 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.
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Jeremiah 38:17Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 38:19Jeremiah 38:20Jeremiah 38:21Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 21:8Jeremiah 21:9Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 27:13Jeremiah 29:18

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Romans 14:8Jeremiah 21:9II Kings 7:4Galatians 2:20Ezekiel 6:12Ezekiel 7:15

(3) Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
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Jeremiah 21:10Jeremiah 32:3Jeremiah 32:4Jeremiah 32:5

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I Kings 20:25Jeremiah 44:25

(4) 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.
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Jeremiah 26:11Jeremiah 26:21Jeremiah 26:22Jeremiah 26:23Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 36:13Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:16II Chronicles 24:21Ezekiel 22:27Micah 3:1

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Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 17:25

(5) Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.
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I Samuel 15:24I Samuel 29:9II Samuel 3:39II Samuel 19:22Proverbs 29:25John 19:12John 19:13John 19:14John 19:15John 19:16

(6) 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.
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Jeremiah 37:21Psalms 109:5Luke 3:19Luke 3:20Jeremiah 37:16Lamentations 3:55Acts 16:24II Corinthians 4:8II Corinthians 4:9Hebrews 10:36Jeremiah 36:26Jeremiah 38:11

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Jeremiah 38:13Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 37:16Jeremiah 38:12Jeremiah 38:11Jeremiah 20:3

(7) Now when Ebedmelech 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;
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Jeremiah 39:16Jeremiah 39:17Jeremiah 39:18Jeremiah 13:23Psalms 68:31Matthew 8:11Matthew 8:12Matthew 20:16Luke 10:30Luke 10:31Luke 10:32Luke 10:33

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Nehemiah 12:39Ezekiel 46:9Jeremiah 38:6Matthew 19:12Esther 3:3Esther 4:2

(8) Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,
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Esther 8:8Esther 3:3Esther 3:12

(9) 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.
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Jeremiah 38:1Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:4Jeremiah 38:5Jeremiah 38:6Esther 7:4Esther 7:5Esther 7:6Job 31:34Proverbs 24:11Proverbs 24:12

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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:10Deuteronomy 18:20II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4

(10) Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.
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Esther 5:2Esther 8:7Psalms 75:10Proverbs 21:1

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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:9Jeremiah 38:7Jeremiah 38:12Deuteronomy 18:20

(11) So Ebedmelech 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.
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Jeremiah 38:12Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:13Jeremiah 37:16Jeremiah 38:7Jeremiah 38:10

(12) And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.
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Romans 12:10Romans 12:15Ephesians 4:32

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Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:11Jeremiah 38:13Jeremiah 38:7Jeremiah 38:10Jeremiah 20:3

(13) So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.
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Jeremiah 38:28Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 39:14Jeremiah 39:15Jeremiah 39:16Jeremiah 39:17Jeremiah 39:18I Kings 22:27Acts 23:35Acts 24:23Acts 24:24Acts 24:25

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Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 37:16Jeremiah 38:12Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 33:1

(14) 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.
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Jeremiah 21:1Jeremiah 21:2Jeremiah 37:17I Kings 10:5II Kings 16:18Jeremiah 42:2Jeremiah 42:3Jeremiah 42:4Jeremiah 42:5Jeremiah 42:20I Samuel 3:17I Samuel 3:18

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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 38:6Revelation 8:12Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 42:4

(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?
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Luke 22:67Luke 22:68

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II Kings 8:12Exodus 15:26Zephaniah 3:7I Kings 11:38Judges 4:8Ruth 4:4

(16) 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.
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Jeremiah 37:17John 3:2Numbers 16:22Numbers 27:16Ecclesiastes 12:7Isaiah 57:16Zechariah 12:1Hebrews 12:9Jeremiah 38:1Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:4

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I Samuel 20:3I Samuel 25:26Jeremiah 37:17Zephaniah 2:3Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:14

(17) 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:
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Psalms 80:7Psalms 80:14Amos 5:27I Chronicles 17:24Ezra 9:4Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 7:6Jeremiah 7:7Jeremiah 21:8Jeremiah 21:9Jeremiah 21:10Jeremiah 27:12

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Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Isaiah 38:16Deuteronomy 8:3Joshua 9:21Jeremiah 38:2

(18) 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.
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II Kings 24:12II Kings 25:27II Kings 25:28II Kings 25:29II Kings 25:30Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:23Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 24:9Jeremiah 24:10Jeremiah 32:3Jeremiah 32:4

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II Kings 8:12Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 38:17Exodus 15:26

(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.
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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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Jeremiah 42:11Matthew 5:25Ezekiel 2:6Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:14Esther 8:17

(20) 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.
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Jeremiah 26:13II Chronicles 20:20Daniel 4:27Acts 26:29II Corinthians 5:11II Corinthians 5:20II Corinthians 6:1Philemon 1:8Philemon 1:9Philemon 1:10James 1:22Isaiah 55:3

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II Kings 4:26Jeremiah 38:17Ezekiel 14:20Romans 14:8Galatians 2:20Jeremiah 42:6

(21) But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shewed me:
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Jeremiah 5:3Exodus 10:3Exodus 10:4Exodus 16:28Job 34:33Proverbs 1:24Proverbs 1:25Proverbs 1:26Proverbs 1:27Proverbs 1:28Proverbs 1:29Proverbs 1:30

(22) 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.
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Jeremiah 41:10Jeremiah 43:6Lamentations 5:11Jeremiah 38:4Jeremiah 38:5Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 20:10Psalms 41:9Jeremiah 38:19Lamentations 1:2Micah 7:5Psalms 69:2

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II Kings 1:5Exodus 1:19Judges 5:24Judges 16:27I Samuel 15:33I Kings 11:1

(23) 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.
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Jeremiah 38:18Jeremiah 39:6Jeremiah 41:10Jeremiah 52:8Jeremiah 52:9Jeremiah 52:10Jeremiah 52:11Jeremiah 52:12Jeremiah 52:13II Kings 25:7II Chronicles 36:20II Chronicles 36:21

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II Kings 24:15Jeremiah 32:4Jeremiah 34:3

(24) Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.
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II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Romans 14:8Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 38:6

(25) 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:
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Jeremiah 38:4Jeremiah 38:5Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:27

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Psalms 68:27

(26) 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.
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Jeremiah 37:15Jeremiah 37:20Jeremiah 42:2Esther 4:8

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Song of Solomon 6:13II Kings 7:4II Chronicles 25:4Jeremiah 37:20Romans 14:8Jeremiah 15:19

(27) 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.
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I Samuel 10:15I Samuel 10:16I Samuel 16:2I Samuel 16:3I Samuel 16:4I Samuel 16:5II Kings 6:19Acts 23:6

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I Kings 3:11Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 37:14II Chronicles 1:11Jeremiah 38:6

(28) So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
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Jeremiah 38:13Jeremiah 15:20Jeremiah 15:21Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 39:14Psalms 23:4II Timothy 3:11II Timothy 4:17II Timothy 4:18

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Jeremiah 37:21Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:13Ezekiel 46:21Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 33:1

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