1Then 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 to all the people, saying,stylusActs 4:6, Acts 4:10, Acts 4:1, Acts 4:2, Acts 5:282Thus 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 prize, and shall live.stylusJeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 39:18, Jeremiah 34:17, Jeremiah 45:5, Jeremiah 34:173Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it.stylusJeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 21:10, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:5, Jeremiah 32:34Therefore the princes said to 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 to them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the harm.stylusJeremiah 26:11, Jeremiah 26:11, Acts 16:20, Acts 16:20, Nehemiah 6:95Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.stylusJohn 19:12, John 19:16, John 19:12, John 19:16, 2 Samuel 3:396Then they took 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.stylusJeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 37:21, Psalms 69:2, Psalms 69:14, Psalms 69:157Now when Ebedmelech the Cushite, one of the eunuchs who was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;stylusJeremiah 29:2, Jeremiah 37:13, Jeremiah 29:2, Jeremiah 37:13, Deuteronomy 21:198Ebedmelech went out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying,stylus9My 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 certain to die from hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.stylusJeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 38:6, Job 31:3410Then the king commanded Ebedmelech the Cushite, saying, Take from here thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he dieth.stylusProverbs 21:1, Esther 8:7, Esther 5:2, Psalms 75:10, Proverbs 21:111So Ebedmelech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took from there old clothes and old rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.stylus12And Ebedmelech the Cushite said to Jeremiah, Put now these old clothes and old rags under thy arms under the cords. And Jeremiah did so.stylusRomans 12:10, Ephesians 4:32, Romans 12:10, Ephesians 4:32, Romans 12:1513So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison.stylusJeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 37:21, Acts 28:16, Acts 23:35, Acts 28:3014Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet to him into the third entrance that is in the house of the LORD: and the king said to Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.stylusJeremiah 21:1, Jeremiah 21:2, 1 Kings 22:16, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 21:115Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, If I declare it to thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken to me?stylusLuke 22:67, Luke 22:68, Luke 22:67, Luke 22:6816So Zedekiah the king swore secretly to 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.stylusJeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 37:17, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:117Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth to 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 thy house:stylusJeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:17, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 27:1718But 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 from their hand.stylusJeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 24:8, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 32:519And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me.stylusJohn 12:42, John 12:42, Isaiah 57:11, John 19:12, John 19:1320But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee . Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak to thee: so it shall be well to thee, and thy soul shall live.stylusDaniel 4:27, Daniel 4:27, Jeremiah 26:13, Isaiah 55:3, 2 Chronicles 20:2021But if thou shalt refuse to go forth, this is the word that the LORD hath shown me:stylusEzekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 2:7, Ezekiel 2:4, Ezekiel 2:522And, 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.stylusJeremiah 43:6, Lamentations 5:11, Lamentations 1:2, Jeremiah 43:6, Lamentations 5:1123So 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.stylusJeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 41:10, Jeremiah 38:18, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 38:1824Then said Zedekiah to Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and thou shalt not die.stylus25But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and they come to thee, and say to thee, Declare to us now what thou hast said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death; also what the king said to thee:stylusJeremiah 38:27, Jeremiah 38:4, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:27, Jeremiah 38:426Then thou shalt say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan’s house, to die there.stylusJeremiah 37:20, Jeremiah 37:20, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 42:227Then came all the princes to Jeremiah, and asked him: and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.stylus1 Samuel 10:15, 1 Samuel 10:16, Acts 23:6, 1 Samuel 16:2, 1 Samuel 16:528So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.stylusJeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 39:14, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 39:14, Jeremiah 15:20