Jeremiah 38:10 meaning and explanation
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, Berean Standard Bible
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King Zedekiah gives this order after Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official, reports that the prophet Jeremiah has been thrown into a muddy cistern and will starve there. The officials had demanded Jeremiah's death because his message of surrender seemed to weaken the city's resolve.
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