Jeremiah 38:11 meaning and explanation

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, Berean Standard Bible

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Jeremiah has been dropped into a muddy cistern for announcing that Jerusalem will fall to Babylon. In this verse Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official, carries out King Zedekiah's order to rescue him.

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