Jeremiah 38:9 meaning and explanation
“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, Berean Standard Bible
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Ebed-melech, a Cushite court official in King Zedekiah's palace, speaks these words to the king in Jeremiah 38:9. He appeals on behalf of Jeremiah, whom hostile officials have lowered by rope into a muddy cistern in the courtyard of the guard, intending him to die there.
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