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Title:       Old Testament, The
Book:        Jeremiah
Author:      Various
Date:        1885

Chapter 38

     And Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, and
Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchijah, heard the words
that Jeremiah spake unto all the people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah, He that
abideth 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, and his life
shall be unto him for a prey, and he shall live.  Thus saith Jehovah, This
city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon,
and he shall take it.  Then the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we
pray thee, be put to death; forasmuch as 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 unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but
the hurt.  And Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the
king is not he that can do anything against you.  Then took they Jeremiah, and
cast him into the ^1 dungeon of Malchijah ^2 the king's son, that was in the
court of the guard: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon
there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire.

[Footnote 1: Or, pit]

[Footnote 2: Or, the son of Hammelech]

     Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch, 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), Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and
spake to the king, saying, My 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 ^3 he is like to die in the place where he is, because of the
famine; for there is no more bread in the city.  Then the king commanded
Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and
take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die.  So Ebed-
melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the
treasury, and took thence rags and worn-out garments, and let them down by
cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah.  And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto
Jeremiah, Put now these rags and worn-out garments under thine armholes under
the cords.  And Jeremiah did so.  So they drew up Jeremiah with the cords, and
took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the
guard.

[Footnote 3: Heb. he is dead.]

     Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into
the third entry that is in the house of Jehovah: and the king said unto
Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me.  Then Jeremiah said
unto Zedekiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to
death?  and if I give thee counsel, thou wilt not hearken unto me.  So
Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As Jehovah 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.

     Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts,
the God of Israel: If thou wilt go forth unto 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.  But 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 out of
their hand.  And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews
that are fallen away to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand,
and they mock me.  But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver thee. Obey, I
beseech thee, the voice of Jehovah, in that which I speak unto thee: so it
shall be well with thee, and thy soul shall live.  But if thou refuse to go
forth, this is the word that Jehovah hath showed me: 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, ^1 Thy familiar friends have
^2 set thee on, and have prevailed over thee: now that thy feet are sunk in
the mire, they are turned away back.  And 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 ^3 thou shalt
cause this city to be burned with fire.

[Footnote 1: Heb. The men of thy peace.]

[Footnote 2: Or, deceived thee]

[Footnote 3: Heb. thou shalt burn &c.]

     Then said Zedekiah unto Jeremiah, Let no man know of these words, and
thou shalt not die.  But if the princes hear that I have talked with thee, and
they come unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare unto us now what thou hast
said unto the king: hide it not from us, and we will not put thee to death;
also what the king said unto thee: then thou shalt say unto them, I ^4
presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to
return to Jonathan's house, to die there.  Then came all the princes unto
Jeremiah, and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that
the king had commanded.  So they left off speaking with him; for the matter
was not ^5 perceived.  So Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the
day that Jerusalem was taken.

[Footnote 4: Heb. caused to fall.]

[Footnote 5: Or, reported]