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Jeremiah 38:5-7
English Standard Version
Jeremiah 38:5-7
English Standard Version
5 King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, (A)for the king can do nothing against you.” 6 So they took Jeremiah (B)and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king's son, which was in (C)the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down (D)by ropes. (E)And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and (F)Jeremiah sank in the mud.
Jeremiah Rescued from the Cistern
7 When (G)Ebed-melech (H)the Ethiopian, (I)a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting (J)in the Benjamin Gate—
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The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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