Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 38

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Jeremiah 38 . 1 , Jeremiah , by a false suggestion , is put into the dungeon of Malchiah; Jeremiah 38 . 7 , Edeb-melech , by suit , gets him some enlargement; Jeremiah 38 . 14 , Upon secret conference , he counsels the king by yielding to save his life; Jeremiah 38 . 24 , By the king’s instructions he conceals the conference from the princes.

Jeremiah 38:1

Now Shephatiah son of Mattan, Gedaliah son of Pashhur, Jucal son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur son of Malchijah heard that Jeremiah had been telling all the people:

Jeremiah 38:1 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:2

“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.

Jeremiah 38:2 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:3

This is what the LORD says: This city will surely be delivered into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.”

Jeremiah 38:3 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:4

Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”

Jeremiah 38:4 · BSB

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Heb. peace

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Jeremiah 38:5

“Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”

Jeremiah 38:5 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:6

So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.

Jeremiah 38:6 · BSB

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or , the king

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This dungeon , which seems to have belonged to one of Zedekiah's sons , appears to have been a most dreadful place; the horrors of which were probably augmented by the cruelty of the jailor. "The eastern people ," observes Sir J. Chardin , "have not different prisons for the different classes of criminals; the judges do not trouble themselves about where the prisoners are confined , or how they are treated , considering it merely as a place of safety; and all that they require of the jailor is , that the prisoner be forthcoming when called for. As to the rest , he is master to do as he pleases; to treat him well or ill; to put him in irons or not; to shut him up close , or hold him in easier restraint; to admit people to him , or to suffer nobody to see him. If the jailor and his servants have large fees , let the person be the greatest rascal in the world , he shall be lodged in the jailor's own apartment , and the best part of it; and on the contrary , if those that have imprisoned a man give the jailor greater presents , or that he has a greater regard for them , he will treat the prisoner with the greatest inhumanity." This adds a double energy to those passages which speak of "the sighing of the prisoner ," and to Jeremiah's supplicating that he might not be remanded to the dungeon of Jonathan

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Jeremiah 38:7

Now Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,

Jeremiah 38:7 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:8

Ebed-melech went out from the king’s palace and said to the king,

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Jeremiah 38:9

“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”

Jeremiah 38:9 · BSB

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is like to die Heb. will die

Jeremiah 38:10

So the king commanded Ebed-melech the Cushite, “Take thirty men from here with you and pull Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”

Jeremiah 38:10 · BSB

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with thee Heb. in thine hand

Jeremiah 38:11

Then Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the king’s palace, to a place below the storehouse. From there he took old rags and worn-out clothes and lowered them with ropes to Jeremiah in the cistern.

Jeremiah 38:11 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:12

Ebed-melech the Cushite cried out to Jeremiah, “Put these worn-out rags and clothes under your arms to pad the ropes.” Jeremiah did so,

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Jeremiah 38:13

and they pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern. And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah 38:13 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:14

Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”

Jeremiah 38:14 · BSB

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or , principal

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Jeremiah 38:15

“If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”

Jeremiah 38:15 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:16

But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”

Jeremiah 38:16 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:17

Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.

Jeremiah 38:17 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:18

But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”

Jeremiah 38:18 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:19

But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”

Jeremiah 38:19 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:20

“They will not hand you over,” Jeremiah replied. “Obey the voice of the LORD in what I am telling you, that it may go well with you and you may live.

Jeremiah 38:20 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:21

But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the LORD has shown me:

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Jeremiah 38:22

All the women who remain in the palace of the king of Judah will be brought out to the officials of the king of Babylon, and those women will say: ‘They misled you and overcame you—those trusted friends of yours. Your feet sank into the mire, and they deserted you.’

Jeremiah 38:22 · BSB

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Heb. The men of thy peace

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and those Mr. Harmer would render , "and here (hennah or reading hinneh behold) , the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say ," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation , singing before a captive prince , than of his own wives and concubines." This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle . When he was at Lar , in Persia , the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar , with his people , in the morning , music playing , and girls and women singing and dancing before him , according to the custom of Persia , and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse , and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner , particularly with colours displayed , like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen , the general of the Athenians , their prisoner of war , according to the report of Justin."

Jeremiah 38:23

All your wives and children will be brought out to the Chaldeans. And you yourself will not escape their grasp, for you will be seized by the king of Babylon, and this city will be burned down.”

Jeremiah 38:23 · BSB

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etc. Heb. shalt burn , etc

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Jeremiah 38:24

Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.

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Jeremiah 38:25

If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’

Jeremiah 38:25 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:26

then tell them, ‘I was presenting to the king my petition that he not return me to the house of Jonathan to die there.’”

Jeremiah 38:26 · BSB

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Jeremiah 38:27

When all the officials came to Jeremiah and questioned him, he relayed to them the exact words the king had commanded him to say. So they said no more to him, for no one had overheard the conversation.

Jeremiah 38:27 · BSB

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left off speaking with him Heb. were silent from him

Jeremiah 38:28

And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.

Jeremiah 38:28 · BSB

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