Jeremiah 38:9-11

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⁹ “My lord the king,” he said, “these men have done a very evil thing in putting Jeremiah into the cistern. He will die of hunger, for almost all the bread in the city is gone.”

¹⁰ Then the king commanded Ebed-melech to take thirty men with him and pull Jeremiah out before he died. ¹¹ So Ebed-melech took thirty men and went to a palace depot for discarded supplies where used clothing was kept. There he found some old rags and discarded garments which he took to the cistern and lowered to Jeremiah on a rope.