Jeremiah 38:9-11
Lexham English Bible
9 “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, in that they have thrown him into the pit,[a] and he will die there[b] because of[c] starvation, for there is no longer any bread in the city.” 10 Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, saying,[d] “Take with you[e] these thirty men and pull Jeremiah the prophet up from the pit[f] before[g] he dies.”
11 So Ebed-melech took the men with him[h] and went to the palace of the king, to a place beneath the storehouse, and he took from there rags[i] and worn-out clothes.[j] And he let them down into the pit[k] by ropes to Jeremiah.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Jeremiah 38:9 Or “cistern”
- Jeremiah 38:9 Literally “in it”
- Jeremiah 38:9 Literally “from the face of”
- Jeremiah 38:10 Literally “to say”
- Jeremiah 38:10 Literally “in your hand”
- Jeremiah 38:10 Or “cistern”
- Jeremiah 38:10 Literally “at not yet”
- Jeremiah 38:11 Literally “in his hand”
- Jeremiah 38:11 Literally “the rags of rags”
- Jeremiah 38:11 Literally “rags of ragged clothes”
- Jeremiah 38:11 Or “cistern”
Jeremiah 38:9-11
New International Version
9 “My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have thrown him into a cistern,(A) where he will starve to death when there is no longer any bread(B) in the city.”
10 Then the king commanded Ebed-Melek the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”
11 So Ebed-Melek took the men with him and went to a room under the treasury in the palace. He took some old rags and worn-out clothes from there and let them down with ropes(C) to Jeremiah in the cistern.
2012 by Logos Bible Software. Lexham is a registered trademark of Logos Bible Software
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.