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Jeremiah 38:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 38:5-7
New American Standard Bible 1995
5 So King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your [a]hands; for the king (A)can do nothing against you.” 6 Then they took Jeremiah and cast him into the (B)cistern of Malchijah the king’s son, which was in the court of the guardhouse; and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. Now in the cistern there was no water but only (C)mud, and Jeremiah sank into the mud. 7 But (D)Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, [b]a (E)eunuch, while he was in the king’s palace, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern. Now the king was sitting in the (F)Gate of Benjamin;
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- Jeremiah 38:5 Lit hand
- Jeremiah 38:7 Or an official
New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)
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